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Fill it up. I take as large draughts of liquor as I did of love. I hate a flincher in either.
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I hate the man who builds his name
On ruins of another's fame.
Thus prudes, by characters o'erthrown,
Imagine that they raise their own.
Thus Scribblers, covetous of praise,
Think slander can transplant the bays.
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A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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Born:
June 30, 1685
Died:
December 4, 1732
(aged 47)
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