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Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made.

Give me kisses! Nay, 'tis true I am just as rich as you; And for every kiss I owe, I can pay you bac...

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At Learning's fountain it is sweet to drink, But 'tis a nobler privilege to think.

I love vast libraries; yet there is a doubt,If one be better with them or without,Unless he use them...

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I'm growing fonder of my staff; I'm growing dimmer in my eyes; I'm growing fainter in my laugh; I'm ...

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John Godfrey Saxe

Poet

Born: 1816-06-02

Died: 1887-03-31

John Godfrey Saxe (2 June 1816 – 31 March 1887) was an American poet.More