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“A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand for the distress
Of ladies who cannot have their own way.”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“And all may think which way their judgments lead 'em.”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“But scandal's my aversion--I protest
Against all evil speaking, even in jest.”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“But thy true lovers more admire by far
Thy naked beauties; give me a cigar.”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“But who alas! can love and then be wise?”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“But who would scorn the month of June,
Because December with his breath so hoary,
Must come? Much rather should he court the ray,
To hoard up warmth against a wintry day.”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“Demons in act, but gods at least in face.”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“Famed
For every branch of every science known.”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“Fresh feres will dry the bright blue eye
We late saw streaming o'er.”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“Gaming gains a loss.”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.”
John Byrom Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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