And last of all an Admiral came, A terrible man with a terrible name, A name which you all know by sight very well, But which no one can speak, and no one can spell.
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Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain.Robert Southey
The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired.
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I have told you of the Spaniard who always put on his spectacles when about to eat cherries, that they might look bigger and more attempting. In like manner I made the most of my enjoyment s and through I do not cast my cares away, I pack them in as little compass as I can, and carry them as conveniently as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
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It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks fly upward, unless he has brutified his nature and quenched the spirit of immortality which is his portion.
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He passed a cottage with a double coach-house, A cottage of gentility And he owned with a grin That his favourite sin Is pride that apes humility.
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Helter-skelter, Hurry-scurry.
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