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• And though he promise to his loss, He makes his promise good. -- Tate and Brady -- xv, 5
• Untimely grave. -- Tate and Brady -- Psalm vii
• The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
  -- Old Testament -- Psalm xcii, 12...
• Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust.
  -- James Shirley (1596-1666) -- Contention of Ajax and Ulysses, Sc. 3...
• He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass. -- Old Testament -- Psalm lxxii, 6
• IRONY: A windy day, when, just as a beautiful girl with a short skirt approaches, dust blows in your eyes.
• Then here 's to the oak, the brave old oak, Who stands in his pride alone!
  And still flourish he a hale green tree When a hundred years are gone!...
• Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Letter to Gay, Oct, 6, 1727...
• He sleeps well who knows not that he sleeps ill. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 77