Quote #25

For just experience tells; in every soil, That those that think must govern those that toil.

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  1. Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by.
  2. Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
  3. To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosomed in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad …
  4. Vain, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centers in the mind.
  5. They please, are pleased, they give to get esteem, Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem.
  6. A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity.
  7. Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame, Catch every nerve, and vibrate through the frame. Their level life is but a mouldering f…
  8. I...chose a wife, as she did her wedding gown, not for a fine glossy surface, but such qualities as would wear well.

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