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The brave love mercy, and delight to save.

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There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.

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Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.

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O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them on.

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What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And when we fly them, they pursue: But leave us when they've won us.

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But money, wife, is the true Fuller's Earth for reputations, there is not a spot or a stain but what it can take out.

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Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together.

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No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.

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The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits.

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On the choice of friends, Our good or evil name depends.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: June 30th, 1685

Died: December 4th, 1732

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