How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
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How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
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Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.
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I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
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Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
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Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
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With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.
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Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.
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What is right and what is practicable are two different things.
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