"An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie for an excuse is a lie guarded."

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"An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie for an excuse is a lie guarded."

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"Tis education forms the common mind Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined."

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"What then remains, but well our power to use,And keep good humour still whate'er we lose?And trust me, dear, good humour can prevail,When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll;Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul."

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"Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use."

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"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot."

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"To wake the soul by tender strokes of art,To raise the genius, and to mend the heart."

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"In pride, in reasoning pride, our error lies;All quit their sphere and rush into the skies.Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel."

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"For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right."

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