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.

Quote by George Crabbe

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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...

The game is never lost till won.

The game is never lost till won.

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...

Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way.

Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way.

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

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

A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and...

A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and...

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

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

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...

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.

Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved

Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved

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

Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way

Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way

It is a right and duty of the wise ones to purify the strong by...

It is a right and duty of the wise ones to purify the strong by...

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

The purpose of life is to live an ordinary life in an extraordinary manner.

The purpose of life is to live an ordinary life in an extraordinary manner.

There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that...

There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that...

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I...

I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I...