A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you. You have only to keep still, and it will die of itself.

Quote by George Crabbe

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Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way

Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way

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

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

Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way.

Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way.

To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things...

To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things...

In her experience all her friends relied, Heaven was her help and nature was her...

In her experience all her friends relied, Heaven was her help and nature was her...

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

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

Feed the musician, and he's out of tune

Feed the musician, and he's out of tune

The game is never lost till won.

The game is never lost till won.

To show the world what long experience gains, requires not courage, though it calls for...

To show the world what long experience gains, requires not courage, though it calls for...

Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, Like other farmers, flourish and complain.

Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, Like other farmers, flourish and complain.

Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved

Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved

With eye upraised his master's looks to scan, The joy, the solace, and the aid...

With eye upraised his master's looks to scan, The joy, the solace, and the aid...

Feed the musician, and he's out of tune.

Feed the musician, and he's out of tune.

Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved.

Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved.