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Oh! blest with temper, whose unclouded ray Can make to-morrow cheerful as to-day.

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Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind.

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Devotion's self shall steal a thought from heaven.

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Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend.

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But see, the shepherds shun the noonday heat, The lowing herds to murmuring brooks retreat, To closer shades the panting flocks remove; Ye gods! And is there no relief for love?

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Some to conceit alone their taste confine, And glittering thoughts struck out at ev'ry line; Pleas'd with a work where nothing's just or fit; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit.

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A king is a mortal god on earth, unto whom the living God hath lent his own name as a great honour; but withal told him, he should die like a man, lest he should be proud, and flatter himself that God hath with his name imparted unto him his nature also. JOHN LOCKE, "Of a King", The Conduct of the Understanding: Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political A king may be a tool, a thing of straw; but if he serves to frighten our enemies, and secure our property, it is well enough: a scarecrow is a thing of straw, but it protects the corn.

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Two purposes in human nature rule. Self- love to urge, and reason to restrain.

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The people's voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.

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Is that a birthday? 'tis, alas! too clear; 'Tis but the funeral of the former year.

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At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.

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It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest fruit which the birds have been picking at.

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Light quirks of music, broken and uneven,Make the soul dance upon a jig to Heav'n.

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There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.

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Jarring interests of themselves create the according music of a well-mixed state.

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How index-learning turns no student pale, Yet holds the eel of science by the tail!

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Virtue alone is happiness below.

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Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.

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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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In the nice bee, what sense so subtly true From pois'nous herbs extracts the healing dew?

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