Time Cures All

It was my shame, and now it is my boast,
That I have loved you rather more than most.

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Be content to remember that those who can make omelettes properly can do nothing else.

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When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.

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Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing.

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The False Heart

I said to Heart, 'How goes it?' Heart replied:
'Right as a Ribstone Pippin!' But it lied.

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I'm tired of Love I'm still more tired of Rhyme. But Money gives me pleasure all the time.

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Her Final Role

This man's desire; that other's hopeless end;
A third's capricious tyrant: and my friend.

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I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time.

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The Pacifist

Pale Ebenezer thought it wrong to fight,
But Roaring Bill (who killed him) thought it right.

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An Author’s Hope

When I am dead, I hope it may be said:
‘His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.’

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