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'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours,
And ask them what report they bore to heaven.
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Be wise with speed;
A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
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Titles are marks of honest men, and wise;
The fool or knave that wears a title lies.
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The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss.
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A dearth of words a woman need not fear; But 'tis a task indeed to learn to hear: In that the skill of conversation lies; That shows and makes you both polite and wise.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
Cole Porter
Edward Young
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Born:
1683
Died:
April 5, 1765
(aged 82)
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