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... Pride guides his steps , and bids him shun the great ; Who combats bravely is
not therefore brave : He dreads a death - bed like the meanest slave : Wbo
reasons wisely is not therefore wise ; His pride in reasoning , not in acting , lies .
Pope .
... Pride guides his steps , and bids him shun the great ; Who combats bravely is
not therefore brave : He dreads a death - bed like the meanest slave : Wbo
reasons wisely is not therefore wise ; His pride in reasoning , not in acting , lies .
Pope .
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If things go wrong , each fool presumes t'advise , And if most happy , thinks
himself most wise ; All wretchedly deplore the present state ; And that advice
seems best which comes too late . Sedley . Take sound advice , proceeding from
a heart ...
If things go wrong , each fool presumes t'advise , And if most happy , thinks
himself most wise ; All wretchedly deplore the present state ; And that advice
seems best which comes too late . Sedley . Take sound advice , proceeding from
a heart ...
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Like a ball that bounds According to the force with which ' t was thrown , So in
affliction's violence , he that's wise , The more he's cast down , will the higher rise
. Nabb . Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction ; As oft the cloud that wraps the ...
Like a ball that bounds According to the force with which ' t was thrown , So in
affliction's violence , he that's wise , The more he's cast down , will the higher rise
. Nabb . Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction ; As oft the cloud that wraps the ...
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Age sits with decent grace upon his visage , And worthily becomes his silver
locks ; He wears the marks of many years well spent , Of virtue , truth well tried ,
and wise experience . Rowe . What is age But the holy place of life , chapel of
ease ...
Age sits with decent grace upon his visage , And worthily becomes his silver
locks ; He wears the marks of many years well spent , Of virtue , truth well tried ,
and wise experience . Rowe . What is age But the holy place of life , chapel of
ease ...
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Pope . ANTIQUARY - ANTIQUITY . INSTRUCTED by the antiquary , time , He
must , he is , he cannot but be wise . --Shakspere . They are the Registers — the
chronicles of the age They were made in , and speak the truth of history , Better
than ...
Pope . ANTIQUARY - ANTIQUITY . INSTRUCTED by the antiquary , time , He
must , he is , he cannot but be wise . --Shakspere . They are the Registers — the
chronicles of the age They were made in , and speak the truth of history , Better
than ...
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