"'T is beauty calls, and glory shows the way."

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"Man, false man, smiling, destructive man!"

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"Let us weep in our darkness, but weep not for him! Not for him who, departing, leaves millions in tears! Not for him who has died full of honor and years! Not for him who ascended Fame's ladder so high From the round at the top he has stepped to the sky."

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"It is the month of June, The month of leaves and roses, When pleasant sights salute the eyes, And pleasant scents the noses."

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"For it stirs the blood in an old man's heart, And makes his pulses fly, To catch the thrill of a happy voice And the light of a pleasant eye."

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"At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city."

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""There, take," says Justice, "take ye each a shell; We thrive at Westminster on fools like you. 'T was a fat oyster! live in peace,--adieu.""

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"Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways."

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"He [Molière] pleases all the world, but cannot please himself."

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"At length the morn and cold indifference came."

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"Is this that haughty gallant, gay Lothario?"

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"Is she not more than painting can express, Or youthful poets fancy when they love?"

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"As if Misfortune made the throne her seat, And none could be unhappy but the great."

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"The very pink of perfection."

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"The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n Nature warm, The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form."

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"His best companions, innocence and health; And his best riches, ignorance of wealth."

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"Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose, Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes."

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"Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man."

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"The land of scholars and the nurse of arms."

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"So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar But bind him to his native mountains more."

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"Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land."

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"And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way."

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"I 'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon."

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"By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd; The sports of children satisfy the child."

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"Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails."

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"Silence gives consent."

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"Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round."

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"On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting; 'T was only that when he was off he was acting."

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"And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree."

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"Sweet Auburn! loveliest village of the plain."

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"His conduct still right, with his argument wrong."

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"A night-cap deck'd his brows instead of bay,-- A cap by night, a stocking all the day."

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"Vain, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centres in the mind."

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"Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee; Still to my brother turns with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain."

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"To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies; And even the pang preceding death Bids expectation rise."

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"The king himself has followed her When she has walk'd before."

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"Ask me no questions, and I 'll tell you no fibs."

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"A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year."

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"All his faults are such that one loves him still the better for them."

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"While Resignation gently slopes away, And all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past."

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"A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are."

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"Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings lean'd to Virtue's side."

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"Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remain'd to pray."

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"To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art."

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"We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favours."

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"The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind."

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"A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes; The naked every day he clad When he put on his clothes."

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"Through torrid tracts with fainting steps they go, Where wild Altama murmurs to their woe."

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"These little things are great to little man."

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"Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so."

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