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I can only say that politics, like misery, 'bring a man acquainted with strange bedfellows.'
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Countless the various species of mankind, Countless the shades which sep'rate mind from mind; No general object of desire is known, Each has his will, and each pursues his own.
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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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Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive.
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William Gifford
Born:
April, 1756
Died:
December 31, 1826
(aged 70)
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William Gifford was an English critic, editor and poet, famous as a satirist and controversialist.
Known for:
The Quarterly Review Volume 170
The Works of John Ford
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