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I would rather be a freeman am...

I would rather be a freeman among slaves than a slave among freemen.

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I am of the level with common ...

I am of the level with common Astrologers; who, with an old paltry cant, and a few pot-hooks for planets to amuse the vulgar, have too long been suffered to abuse the world.

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Conversation is but carving! G...

Conversation is but carving! Give no more to every guest Than he's able to digest.

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Tis nothing when you are used ...

Tis nothing when you are used to it.

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A jargon form'd from the lost ...

A jargon form'd from the lost language, wit, Confounded in that Babel of the pit; Form'd by diseased conceptions, weak and wild, Sick lust of souls, and an abortive child; Born between whores and fops, by lewd compacts, Before the play, or else between the acts; Nor wonder, if from such polluted minds Should spring such short and transitory kinds.

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Although the devil be the fath...

Although the devil be the father of lies, he seems, like other great inventors, to have lost much of his reputation by the continual improvements that have been made upon him.

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Atlas, we read in ancient song...

Atlas, we read in ancient song, Was so exceeding tall and strong, He bore the skies upon his back, Just as the pedler does his pack; But, as the pedler overpress'd Unloads upon a stall to rest, Or, when he can no longer stand, Desires a friend to lend a hand, So Atlas, lest the ponderous spheres Should sink, and fall about his ears, Got Hercules to bear the pile, That he might sit and rest awhile.

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Hail, follow, well met, All di...

Hail, follow, well met, All dirty and wet: Find out, if you can, Who's master, who's man.

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They say fish should swim thri...

They say fish should swim thrice * * * first it should swim in the sea (do you mind me?) then it should swim in butter, and at last, sirrah, it should swim in good claret.

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I'm up and down and round abou...

I'm up and down and round about, Yet all the world can't find me out; Though hundreds have employed their leisure, They never yet could find my measure.

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Say, Britain, could you ever b...

Say, Britain, could you ever boast, Three poets in an age at most? Our chilling climate hardly bears A sprig of bays in fifty years.

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Philosophy! the lumber of the ...

Philosophy! the lumber of the schools.

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I'll give you leave to call me...

I'll give you leave to call me anything, if you don't call me spade.

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Unjustly poets we asperse: Tru...

Unjustly poets we asperse: Truth shines the brighter clad in verse, And all the fictions they pursue Do but insinuate what is true.

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Not die here in a rage, like a...

Not die here in a rage, like a poisoned rat in a hole.

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Hobbes clearly proves, that ev...

Hobbes clearly proves, that every creature Lives in a state of war by nature.

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Surely mortal man is a broomst...

Surely mortal man is a broomstick!

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You must take the will for the...

You must take the will for the deed.

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A Child will make two Dishes a...

A Child will make two Dishes at an Entertainment for Friends; and when the Family dines alone, the fore or hind Quarter will makea reasonable Dish; and seasoned with a little Pepper or Salt, will be very good Boiled on the fourth Day, especially in Winter.

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Last week I saw a woman flayed...

Last week I saw a woman flayed, and you will hardly believe, how much it altered her person for the worse.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....