Date: 1793
" When painful truths invade the mind, / Ev'n wisdom wishes to be blind, / And hates th' officious ray."
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Date: 1793
"Alas the sex you little know, / Their ruling passion is a Beau."
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Date: 1801
Virtue may be a man's "eternal flame" or "ruling passion"
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