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'Tis folly to be wise.  
A favorite has no friend!  
Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have...  
Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations.  
Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, the rude forefathers of the ham...  
Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.   Poetry
Sweet is the breath of vernal shower,The bee's collected treasures swe...  
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.  
Thought would destroy their paradise.  
Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the metho...  
Visions of glory, spare my aching sight...  
Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.  
Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.