What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards?
Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards.
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A wit's a feather, and a chief a rod;
An honest man's the noblest work of God.
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Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart.
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Think how Bacon shined,
The wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind.
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Virtue alone is happiness below.