Footnotes
[805:2] Commonly quoted, "It is worse than a crime,—it is a blunder," and attributed to Talleyrand.
J. M. USTERI. 1763-1827.
Life let us cherish, while yet the taper glows,
And the fresh flow'ret pluck ere it close;
Why are we fond of toil and care?
Why choose the rankling thorn to wear?
Life let us cherish.
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H. B. CONSTANT. 1767-1830.
I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.[806:1]