I hate the man who builds his name On ruins of another's fame. Thus prudes, by characters o'erthrown, … - John Gay

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As kids, our experiences shape our opinions of ourselves and the world around us, and that's who we become as adults.

John Gay

I hate the man who builds his name On ruins of another's fame. Thus prudes, by characters o'erthrown, Imagine that they raise their own. Thus Scribblers, covetous of praise, Think slander can transplant the bays.

Builds, Character, Hate, Imagine, Ruins, Thinking

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Gulliver was soon being read "from the cabinet council to the nursery".

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Here Shock, the pride of all his kind, is laid, Who fawned like man, but ne'er like man betrayed.

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To cheat a man isnothing; but the womanmust have fine parts indeed who cheats a woman!

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The charge is prepared; the lawyers are met; The judges all ranged (a terrible show!) I go, undismay'd. For death is a debt, A debt on demand. So take what I owe.

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Were I laid on Greenland's Coast, And in my Arms embrac'd my Lass; Warm amidst eternal Frost, Too soon the Half Year's Night would pass.

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Whoa, that's the kind of little sister I can dig!" said Edison. "Yes, we're all alike," I said. "We cover for you, we lie for you, we take the heat for you. We clean up your messes and mollify our parents for you. We never fail to come across with undying adoration, whether or not you deserve it, and we can't take our lives as seriously as yours. We snuffle up the crumbs from your table on the rare occasions you notice we're alive.

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