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Three things a wise man will not trust, The wind, the sunshine of an April day, And woman's plighted faith.
Robert Southey
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Robert Southey
Age: 68 †
Born: 1774
Born: August 12
Died: 1843
Died: March 21
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Earth could not hold us both, nor can one heaven Contain my deadliest enemy and me.
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Thou hast been called, O sleep, the friend of woe, But 'tis the happy that have called thee so.
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One fault begets another one crime renders another necessary.
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