A tale should be judicious, clear, succinct The language plain, and incidents well linkd Tell not as new what evry body knows and, new or old, still hasten to a close.
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Thousands... Kiss the book's outside who ne'er look within.William Cowper
Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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When one that holds communion with the skies Has fill'd his urn where these pure waters rise, And once more mingles with us meaner things, 'T is e'en as if an angel shook his wings.
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Beggars invention and makes fancy lame.
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Lord, it is my chief complaint, That my love is weak and faint Yet I love thee and adore, Oh for grace to love thee more.
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A moral, sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me, and no other can.
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