To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
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To obtain a man's opinion of you, make him mad.Oliver Wendell Holmes
O hearts that break and give no sign Save whitening lip and fading tresses.
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And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring, Let them smile, as I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling.
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Now Landlord Porter, grave, concise, severe, Master, nay, monarch in his proper sphere, Though to belles-lettres he pretended not, Lived close to Harvard, so knew what was what
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I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer.
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His home the Western giant smiles, And twirls the spotty globe to find it This little speck, the British Isles 'T is but a freckle,never mind it.
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