Happy the man, of mortals happiest he, Whose quiet mind from vain desires is free; Whom neither hopes deceive, nor fears torment, But lives at peace, within himself content; In thought, or act, accountable to none But to himself, and to the gods alone.
Of all the plagues with which the world is curst, Of every ill, a woman is the worst. - George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
Of all the plagues with which the world is curst, Of every ill, a woman is the worst.
- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
There is no heaven like mutual love. - George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
There is no heaven like mutual love.
The virtuous nothing fear but life with shame, And death's a pleasant road that leads to fame. - George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
The virtuous nothing fear but life with shame, And death's a pleasant road that leads to fame.
Mankind, from Adam, have been women's fools; Women, from Eve, have been the devil's tools: Heaven might have spar'd one torment when we fell; Not lef… - George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
Mankind, from Adam, have been women's fools; Women, from Eve, have been the devil's tools: Heaven might have spar'd one torment when we fell; Not lef…
The radiant sun sends from above ten thousand blessings down, nor is he set so high for show alone. - George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
The radiant sun sends from above ten thousand blessings down, nor is he set so high for show alone.
Whoe'er thou art, thy Lord and master see, Thou wast my Slave, thou art, or thou shalt be. - George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
Whoe'er thou art, thy Lord and master see, Thou wast my Slave, thou art, or thou shalt be.
Of all the kind of pains, the greatest pain is to love and to love in vain. - George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
Of all the kind of pains, the greatest pain is to love and to love in vain.
Who to a woman trusts his peace of mind, Trusts a frail bark, with a tempestuous wind. - George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
Who to a woman trusts his peace of mind, Trusts a frail bark, with a tempestuous wind.
Shall Nature, erring from her first command, self-preservation, fall by her own hand? - George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
Shall Nature, erring from her first command, self-preservation, fall by her own hand?
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