A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you. You have only to keep still, and it will die of itself.
George Crabbe
Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way.
George Crabbe
Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved.
George Crabbe
Feed the musician, and he's out of tune.
George Crabbe
In her experience all her friends relied, Heaven was her help and nature was her guide.
George Crabbe
Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, Like other farmers, flourish and complain.
George Crabbe
The game is never lost till won.
George Crabbe
To show the world what long experience gains, requires not courage, though it calls for pains; but at life's outset to inform mankind is a bold effort of a valiant mind.
George Crabbe
To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent.
George Crabbe
To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You must pay with observance the price of your treat, You must eat what is praised, and must praise what you eat.
George Crabbe
With eye upraised his master's looks to scan, The joy, the solace, and the aid of man; The rich man's guardian, and the poor man's friend, The only creature faithful to the end.
George Crabbe
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