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6 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

'Tis the same with common natures; Use 'em kindly, they rebel : But, be rough as Nutmeg-graters, And the rogues obey you well.— filed under Character

Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are. J. C. and A. W. HARE-Guesses at Truth. Tender handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains.— filed under Courage

'Tis the same, with common natures, Use 'em kindly, they rebel, But, be rough as nutmeg graters, And the rogues obey you well.— filed under Obedience

Letters, from absent friends, extinguish fear, Unite division, and draw distance near; Their magic force each silent wish conveys, And wafts embodied thought, a thousand ways: Could souls to bodies write, death's pow'r were mean For minds could then meet minds with heav'n between.— filed under Occupations-Painting

The man who pauses on the paths of treason, Halts on a quicksand, the first step engulfs him.— filed under Treason

Mankind, from Adam, have been women's fools; Women, from Eve, have been the devil's tools: Heaven might have spar'd one torment when we fell; Not left us women, or not threatened hell. GEO. GRANVILLE (Lord Lansdowne)- She-Gallants. First, then, a woman will, or won't, -depend on't; If she will do't, shewill; and there's an end on't. But, if she won't, since safe and sound your trust is, Fear is affront: and jealousy injustice.— filed under Woman