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What we frankly give, forever is our own. - [Charity] Who would with care some happy fiction frame, so mimics truth it looks the very same. - [Fiction] The virtuous nothing fear but life with shame, And death's a pleasant road that leads to fame. - l. 47, verses written 1690 [Virtue] Happy the man, of mortals happiest he, Whose quiet mind from vain desires is free; Whom neither hopes deceive, nor fears torment, But lives at peace, within himself content; In thought, or act, accountable to none But to himself, and to the gods alone. - Epistle to Mrs. Higgons (l. 79) [Contentment] The kiss you take is paid by that you give: The joy is mutual, and I'm still in debt. - Heroic Love (act V, sc. 1) [Kisses] Whoe'er thou art, thy lord and master see, Thou wast my Slave, thou art, or thou shalt be. - Inscription for a Figure representing the God of Love, see "Genuine Works", (1732), I, 129 [Love] Thy thoughts to nobler meditations give, And study how to die, not how to live. - Meditations on Death (st. 1) [Meditation] But, oh! what mighty magician can assuage A woman's envy? - Progress of Beauty [Envy] Mankind, from Adam, have been women's fools; Women, from Eve, have been the devil's tools: Heaven might have spar'd one torment when we fell; Not left us women, or not threatened hell. - She-Gallants [Women] Since truth and constancy are vain, Since neither love, nor sense of pain, Nor force of reason, can persuade, Then let example be obey'd. - To Myra [Example] 'Tis impious pleasure to delight in harm. And beauty should be kind, as well as charm. - To Myra (l. 21) [Beauty]
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