O God that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap.
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That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defence of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself.Thomas Hood
A man that 's fond precociously of stirring Must be a spoon.
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Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care Fashioned so slenderly, Young, and so fair.
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O men with sisters dear, O men with mothers and wives, It is not linen you 're wearing out, But human creatures' lives.
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Boughs are daily rifled By the gusty thieves, And the book of Nature Getteth short of leaves.
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