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" An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by way of sting. "
William Cowper
Sting
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" Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser grow without his books. "
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" Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more. "
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" Absence of proof is not proof of absence. "
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" Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose. "
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" Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt. "
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" Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay. "
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" Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray. "
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" Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees. "
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" How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home. "
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Sent
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" Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid. "
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