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5 Quotes for 'Edward Moore' in the Database.
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Edward Moore Quotes
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Can't I another's face commend,
Or to her virtues be a friend,
But instantly your forehead louers,
As if her merit lessen'd yours?
Topic: Jealousy
Source: The Farmer, the Spaniel, and the Cat (fable 9, l. 5)
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But from the hoop's bewitching round,
He very shoe has power to wound.
Topic: Shoemaking
Source: The Spider and the Bee--Fable X (l. 29)
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Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Topic: Shoemaking
Source: The Spider and the Bee--Fable X (l. 29)
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I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
Topic: Wealth
Source: The Gamester (act II, sc. 2)
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So shall they build me altars in their zeal,
Where knaves shall minister, and fools shall kneel:
Where faith may mutter o'er her mystic spell,
Written in blood--and Bigotry may swell
The sail he spreads for Heav'n with blasts from hell!
Topic: Worship
Source: Lalla Rookh--Veiled Prophet of Khorassan
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