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• Yet still we hug the dear deceit. -- Nathaniel Cotton (1707-1788) -- Content, Vision iv
• Mental pleasures never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by repetition, approved by reflection, and strengthened by enjoyment.
  --Nathaniel Cotton (1705-1788)...
• Defer not till to-morrow to be wise, To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.
  -- William Congreve (1670-1729) -- Letter to Cobham...
• Bless thee, Bottom! bless thee! thou art translated.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), A Midsummer Night's Dream -- Act iii, Sc. 1...
• Thus hand in hand through life we 'll go; Its checker'd paths of joy and woe With cautious steps we 'll tread.
  -- Nathaniel Cotton (1707-1788) -- The Fireside, Stanza 31...
• To be resign'd when ills betide, Patient when favours are deni'd, And pleas'd with favours given,-- Dear Chloe, this is wisdom's pa
  This is that incense of the heart Whose fragrance smells to heaven....
• If brains were cotton, he wouldn't have enough to Kotex a flea.
• If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies, And they are fools who roam.
  The world has nothing to bestow; From our own selves our joys must flow, And that dear hut, our home....
• Then he will talk--good gods! how he will talk! -- Nathaniel Lee (1655-1692) -- Alexander the Great, Act i, Sc.
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