Neither have they hearts to stay, Nor wit enough to run away.
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In matrimony, to hesitate is sometimes to be saved.Samuel Butler
He knew what 's what, and that 's as high As metaphysic wit can fly.
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The law can take a purse in open court, While it condemns a less delinquent fort.
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All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.
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If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.
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