Apt alliteration’s artful aid.

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Be England what she will, With all her faults she is my country still.

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Genius is of no country.

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So much they talked, so very little said.

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“Apt alliteration’s artful aid.”

“Be England what she will, With all her faults she is my country still.”

“Genius is of no country.”

“So much they talked, so very little said.”

“Your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves.”

“Only two topics can be of the least interest to a serious and studious mood—sex and the dead.”

“If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.”