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| I can enjoy her while she 's kind; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes the wings and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away. |
| ~ John Dryden, Imitation of Horace. Book iii. Ode 29, Line 81. ~ |
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| God put me on this Earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I'm so far behind I'm never going to die! |
| ~ Unknown ~ |
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| With grave Aspect he rose, and in his rising seem'd A pillar of state; deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat, and public care; And princely counsel in his face yet shone, Majestic though in ruin: sage he stood, With Atlantean shoulders, fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies; his look Drew audience and attention still as night Or summer's noontide air. |
| ~ John Milton, Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 300. ~ |
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| Chapter 28 : be generous to the poor 01 Do not seize a widow when You find her in the fields, 02 and then fail to be patient with her reply. 03 Do not refuse your oil jar to a stranger. 04 Double it before your brothers. 05 God loves him who honors the poor, 06 to him who worships the wealthy. |
| ~ The Instruction of Amenemope, Akhim, Egypt, ~1100 BC ~ |
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| We are not a nation, so much as a world; for unless we claim all the world for our sire, like Melchisedec, we are without father or mother. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. Redburn (1849), ch. 33, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 4, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1969). ~ |
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| On Child-rearing: Nothing appeals to children more than justice, and they should be taught in the nursery to "play fair" in games, to respect each other's property and rights, to give credit to others, and not to take too much credit to themselves. |
| ~ Emily Post, Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home, Chap. XXXV¶29, 1922 ~ |
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| To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be who have tried it. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. Moby-Dick (1851), ch. 104, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 6, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1988). ~ |
Common sense isn't.
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