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O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home!
These are our realm...
Of a good beginning cometh a good end. -- John Heywood (c. 1565) -- Proverbes, Part i, Chap. x
O fairest flower! no sooner blown but blasted, Soft silken primrose fading timelessly.
-- John Milton (1608-1674) -- Ode on the Death of a fair Infant, dying of a Cough...
O fair undress, best dress! it checks no vein, But every flowing limb in pleasure drowns, And heightens ease with grace.
-- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Castle of Indolence, Canto i, Stanza 26...
Of all affliction taught a lover yet 'Tis sure the hardest science to forget. -- Alexander Pope
Of all bores, the worst is the sparkling bore. -- Edward Abbey
Of all forces acting on man, change is the most beneficial and the most cruel.
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is the most fatal.
Of all lies, art is the least untrue. -- Gustave Flaube
Of all mankind, each loves himself the best. -- Terence

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