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“A fool must now and then be right, by chance.”

— William Cowper

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God moves in a mysterious way  His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea,  And rides upon the storm.

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And diff'ring judgments serve but to declare That truth lies somewhere, if we knew but where.

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I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute; From the center all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute.

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For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost We seek it, ere it come to light, In every cranny but the right.

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Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.

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Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.

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