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To show the world what long experience gains,
Requires not courage, though it calls for pains;
But at life's outset to inform mankind
Is a bold effort of a valiant mind.

— George Crabbe

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To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent.

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Secrets with girls, like loaded guns with boys,
Are never valued till they make a noise.

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Books cannot always please, however good;
Minds are not ever craving for their food.

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Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved.

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In this fool's paradise he drank delight.

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