I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.
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Civility costs nothing and buys everything.
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I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
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No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
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You can be pleased with nothing when you are not pleased with yourself.
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A Summary of Lord Lyttleton's Advice to a Lady
Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet,
In short, my deary, kiss me! and be quiet.
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Epigram, 1734
Born to be slaves, our fathers freedom sought,
And with their blood the precious treasure bought;
We their mean offspring our own bondage plot,
And, born to freedom, for our chains we vote.
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Impromptu, to a Young Lady Singing
Sing, gentle maid -- reform my breast,
And soften all my care;
Thus may I be some moments blest,
And easy in despair.
The pow'r of Orpheus lives in you;
You can the passions of my soul subdue,
And tame the lions and the tigers there.
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Song
How happy is the harden'd heart,
Where interest is the only view!
Can sigh and meet, or smile and part,
Nor pleas'd, nor griev'd, nor false, nor true --
Yet, have they truly peace of mind?
Or do they ever truly know
The bliss sincerer tempers find,
Which truth and virtue can bestow?
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Let mules and asses in that circle tread,
And proud of trappings toss a feather'd head;
Leave you the stupid business of the state,
Strive to be happy, and despise the great:
Come where the Graces guide the gentle day,
Where Venus rules amidst her native sea,
Where at her altar gallantries appear,
And even Wisdom dares not show severe.
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