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No Centaurs here, or Gorgons look to find,My subject is of man, and human kind.
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By this art you may contemplate the variation of the 23 letters...
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A scholar deserves better than a soldier, because a soldier's work lasts for an age, a scholar's for ever.
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A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.
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Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards.
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To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.
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No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
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Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.
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What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; love's the cloudless summer sun, nature gay adorning.
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