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• Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.
• He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.
• Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
• Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.
• Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.
• Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.
• She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes; And while she laughs at them, forgets She is…
• Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.
• A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make sure of one.
• In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of me herself, nor suffers any body else…
• Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.
• I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull.

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