Ingratitude is treason to mankind.

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Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.

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Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health.

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'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.

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Absence, with all its pains, is, by this charming moment, wiped away.

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Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.

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I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.

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More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.

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Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, But they are not the Life for which they stand.

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But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?

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