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A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you. You have only to keep still, and it will die of itself.

~George Crabbe

Topics: Bother Cannot Die Dry Fish Fling Fret Frightful Great Hurt Itself Keep Land Lie Like Make May Only Still Will You

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To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent.

~George Crabbe

Topics: Grieve Repent Sigh

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Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved.

~George Crabbe

Topics: Better Love Loved Nothing Than To Love

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Feed the musician, and he's out of tune.

~George Crabbe

Topics: Feed He Musician Out Tune

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To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You must pay with observance the price of your treat, You must eat what is praised, and must praise what you eat.

~George Crabbe

Topics: Admire Admit All Things Eat Friend House Must Observance Pay Pleased Praise Praised Price Retire Things Treat You Your

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Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, Like other farmers, flourish and complain.

~George Crabbe

Topics: Complain Constant Farmers Flourish Gain Like Other Our Pleased Round Well

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Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way.

~George Crabbe

Topics: Finds Way Will Wisdom

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With eye upraised his master's looks to scan, The joy, the solace, and the aid of man; The rich man's guardian, and the poor man's friend, The only creature faithful to the end.

~George Crabbe

Topics: Aid Creature End Eye Faithful Friend Guardian His Joy Looks Man Master Only Poor Rich Scan Solace

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To show the world what long experience gains, requires not courage, though it calls for pains; but at life's outset to inform mankind is a bold effort of a valiant mind.

~George Crabbe

Topics: Bold Calls Courage Effort Experience Gains Inform Life Long Mankind Mind Outset Pains Requires Show Though Valiant World

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In her experience all her friends relied, Heaven was her help and nature was her guide.

~George Crabbe

Topics: Experience Friends Guide Heaven Help Her Nature

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: December 24th, 1754

Died: February 3rd, 1832

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