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

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An Epitaph 3 (From The Greek)

Painter, this likeness is too strong,
And we shall mourn the dead too long.

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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

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On One Ignorant And Arrogant (Translated From Owen)

Thou mayst of double ignorance boast,
Who know'st not that thou nothing know'st.

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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.

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

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

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An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by way of sting.

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Freedom hath a thousand charms to show,
That slaves however contented never know.

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Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.

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