A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pygmy-body to decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms. Part i. Line 156.
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A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. Part i. Line 545.
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And all to leave what with his toil he won To that unfeather'd two-legged thing, a son. Part i. Line 169.
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And heaven had wanted one immortal song. Part i. Line 197.
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Beware the fury of a patient man. Part i. Line 1005.
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But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land. Part i. Line 198.
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For every inch that is not fool is rogue. Part ii. Line 463.
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Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide. Part i. Line 163.
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Resolv'd to ruin or to rule the state. Part i. Line 174.
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So over violent, or over civil, That every man with him was God or Devil. Part i. Line 557.
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The people's prayer, the glad diviner's theme, The young men's vision, and the old men's dream! Part i. Line 238.
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Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 't was natural to please. Part i. Line 27.
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Who think too little, and who talk too much. Part i. Line 534.
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