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Nor ought a genius less than his that writ attempt translation.
But whither am I strayed? I need not raise Trophies to thee from other men's dispraise; Nor is thy fame on lesser ruins built; Nor needs thy juster title the foul guilt Of Eastern kings, who, to secure their reign, Must have their brothers, sons, and kindred slain.
Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year.
Tis the most certain sign, the world's accurst That the best things corrupted, are the worst; 'Twas the corrupted Light of knowledge, hurl'd Sin, Death, and Ignorance o'er all the world; That Sun like this (from which our sight we have) Gaz'd on too long, resumes the light he gave.
Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.
Uncertain ways unsafest are, and doubt a greater mischief than despair.
It is no exaggeration to say that Israeli policy in the occupied territories is not simply a matter of foreign policy - it is a matter for British domestic security policy too,.
Search not to find things too deeply hid; Nor try to know things whose knowledge is forbid.
Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate.
Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber and their gravel gold; His genuine and less guilty wealth t' explore, Search not his bottom, but survey his shore.
Youth, what man's age is like to be, doth show; We may our ends by our beginnings know.
