O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?

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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom...

Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom...

Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt

Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt

Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair

Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair

The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have past away.

The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have past away.

No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.

No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

God made the country, and man made the town.

God made the country, and man made the town.

Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.

Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.

Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.

Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.

A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.

A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.

Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.

Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.

The man that hails you Tom or Jack, and proves by thumps upon your back...

The man that hails you Tom or Jack, and proves by thumps upon your back...

O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell...

O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell...

Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only...

Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only...

Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with...

Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with...

Thus always teasing others, and days teas'd, His only pleasure is to be displeas'd

Thus always teasing others, and days teas'd, His only pleasure is to be displeas'd

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage

Wisdom is never dear, provided the article be genuine

Wisdom is never dear, provided the article be genuine