Thinking is but an idle waste of thought,
And nought is everything and everything is nought.
— Horace Smith
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Vanity—like laudanum, and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large quantities. No man, who is not pleased with himself, even in a personal sense, can please others.
The Tin Trumpet (1836)
Our charity begins at home,
And mostly ends where it begins.
In the name of the Prophet—figs.
Perhaps thou wert a priest,—if so, my struggles
Are vain, for priestcraft never owns its juggles.
In losing fortune, many a lucky elf
Has found himself.
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