We sacrifice to dress till household joys and comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry, and keeps our … - William Cowper - Quotesmemo.com

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Certainty is the mother of repose, and therefore the common law aims at certainty.

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William Cowper

We sacrifice to dress till household joys and comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry, and keeps our larder lean.

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Fate steals along with silent tread, Found oftenest in what least we dread; Frowns in the storm with angry brow, But in the sunshine strikes the blow.

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