Riddles and quotes

My form is beauteous to the ravish'd sight,My habit gay, my color gold or white;When ladies take the air, I without pride,A faithful partner am close by their side.I near their persons constantly remain,A favorite slave, bound with a golden chain;And...

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I'm a busy active creature, Fashioned with a sportive nature,I nimbly skip from tree to tree,Under a well-wrought canopy;And for cleanliness and air,Am a pattern to the fair;I, to arms and blood a stranger,Apprehensive of no danger,Like the ant, for winter...

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The way to cheerfulness is to keep our bodies in exercise and our minds at ease.--STEELE Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.--CONDORCET The less men think, the more they talk.--MONTESQUIEU Many can argue, not many converse.--A....

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Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to. All life seems to be sacred except human life. It used to be a good hotel, but that proves nothing. Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. Pity is for the living, Envy is for the dea...

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A day of fortune is like a harvest-day, we must be busy when the corn is ripe. - Goethe No one is more profoundly sad than he who laughs too much. - Richter This world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it. - Goldoni Real and...

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