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All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

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No craving void left aching in the soul.

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Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul; Reason's comparing balance rules the whole. Man, but for that no action could attend, And, but for this, were active to no end: Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot; Or, meteor-like, flame lawless thro' the void, Destroying others, by himself destroy'd.

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There never was any party, faction, sect, or cabal whatsoever, in which the most ignorant were not the most violent; for a bee is not a busier animal than a blockhead.

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Who pants for glory, finds but short repose; A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows.

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A perfect woman's but a softer man.

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Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be, In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due.

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Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?

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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.

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When I die, I should be ashamed to leave enough to build me a monument if there were a wanting friend above ground. I would enjoy the pleasure of what I give by giving it alive and seeing another enjoy it.

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The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.

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One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.

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Pleas'd look forward, pleas'd to look behind,And count each birthday with a grateful mind.

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Whate'er the talents, or howe'er designed, We hang one jingling padlock on the mind.

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No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her.

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Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learn'd or brave.

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Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

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One self-approving hour whole years outweighs.

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Nor in the critic let the man be lost.

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The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife, / To help me through this long disease, my life.

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