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Ability comprehends the power of doing in general, without specifying the quality or degree.
George Crabbe
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George Crabbe
Age: 79 †
Born: 1754
Born: December 24
Died: 1834
Died: February 3
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And took for truth the test of ridicule.
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Whatever amuses, serves to kill time, to lull the faculties, and to banish reflection. Whatever entertains, usually awakens the understanding or gratifies the fancy. Whatever diverts, is lively in its nature, and sometimes tumultuous in its effects.
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We cannot heal the throbbing heart till we discern the wounds within.
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The gentle fair on nervous tea relies, Whilst gay good-nature sparkles in her eyes An inoffensive scandal fluttering round, Too rough to tickle, and too light to wound.
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Lawyers Are: By law's dark by-ways he has stored his mind with wicked knowledge on how to cheat mankind.
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Anger makes us strong, Blind and impatient, And it leads us wrong The strength is quickly lost We feel the error long.
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Life is not measured by the time we live.
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In this wild world the fondest and the best Are the most tried, most troubled and distress'd.
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The coward never on himself relies, But to an equal for assistance flies.
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Hence, in these times, untouch'd the pages lie, And slumber out their immortality.
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Against her foes Religion well defends Her sacred truths, but often fears her friends.
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I grant indeed that fields and flocks have charms, For him that gazes or for him that farms.
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But jest apart--what virtue canst thou trace In that broad trim that hides thy sober face? Does that long-skirted drab, that over-nice And formal clothing, prove a scorn of vice? Then for thine accent--what in sound can be So void of grace as dull monotony?
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