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I 've lately had two spiders
Crawling upon my startled hopes.
Now though thy friendly hand has brush'd 'em from me,
Yet still they crawl offensive to my eyes:
I would have some kind friend to tread upon 'em.

— Colley Cibber Richard III (altered) (1700)

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Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.

As good be out of the world as out of the fashion.

Off with his head—; so much for Buckingham.

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We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman,—scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.

Oh, how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring!

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