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May see thee now, though late, redeem thy name,
And glorify what else is damn'd to fame.

— Richard Savage

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He lives to build, not boast, a generous race;
No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.

The Bastard (1728)

Such, Polly, are your sex—part truth, part fiction;
Some thought, much whim, and all a contradiction.

Nay, but weigh well what you presume to swear!
Oaths are of dreadful Weight—and, if they're false,
Draw down Damnation.

Sir Thomas Overbury (1724)

When Anger rushes, unrestrain'd, to Action,
Like a hot Steed, it stumbles in its way!
The Man of Thought wounds deepest, and strikes safely.

Sir Thomas Overbury (1724)

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