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• But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen.
  -- John Trumbull (1750-1831) -- McFingal, Canto i, Line 67...
• But as some muskets so contrive it As oft to miss the mark they drive at, And though well aimed at duck or plover, Bear wide, and kick their owners over.
  -- John Trumbull (1750-1831) -- McFingal, Canto i, Line 93...
• As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity.
  We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us....
• It felt good to be on-line again...
• She knows her man, and when you rant and swear, Can draw you to her with a single hair.
  -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- Persius, Satire v, Line 246...
• At every word a reputation dies.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Rape of the Lock, Canto iii, Line 16...
• The wretched souls of those who lived Without or praise or blame.
  -- Dante (1265-1321) -- Hell, Canto iii, Line 34...
• Extremes in Nature equal good produce; Extremes in man concur to general use.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Moral Essays, Epistle iii, Line 161...
• Hither, as to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light.
  -- John Milton (1608-1674) -- Paradise Lost, Book vii, Line 364...