Let us draw upon Content for the deficiencies of fortune. - Oliver Goldsmith

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There is no arguing with Johnson: for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.

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Good people all, with one acord,
Lament for Madame Blaize,
Who never wanted a good word —
From those who spoke her praise.

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A man he was to all the country dear,
And passing rich with forty pounds a year.

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