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“Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.”
“Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations.”
“The paths of glory lead but to the grave.”
“Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune.”
“'Tis folly to be wise.”
“Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.”
“And weep the more, because I weep in vain.”
“He gave to misery (all he had) a tear.”
“If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.”
“Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.”
“I shall be but a shrimp of an author.”
“Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come, nor care beyond today.”
“Visions of glory, spare my aching sight.”