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He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.

John Dryden

Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
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Anger Cherish Disappear Forget
Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.
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Elegant Flower Heaven Western
Youth, beauty, graceful action seldom fail: But common interest always will prevail; And pity never ceases to be shown To him who makes the people’s wrongs his own.
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Action Beautiful Fall Grace Himself People Wrong Youth
If passion rules, how weak does reason prove!
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Evidence Passion Reason Rule Weakness
If all the world be worth thy winning. / Think, oh think it worth enjoying: / Lovely Thaïs sits beside thee, / Take the good the gods provide thee.
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God Goodness Love Thinking World
We by art unteach what Nature taught.
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Art Nature Teaching
All empire is no more than power in trust.
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Empire Power Trust
God never made his work for man to mend.
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God Man Mend Work
Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
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Alone Day Happiness Live Man Myself Secure Worst
Dancing is the poetry of the foot.
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Dance Foot Poetry
Present joys are more to flesh and blood Than a dull prospect of a distant good.
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Distance Flesh Goodness Present
Light sufferings give us leisure to complain.
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Complain Leisure Light Suffering
He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
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Fear Learning Lesson
The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature’s eye.
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Eyes Heaven Nature
Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
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Fools One Liner Patriot
If by the people you understand the multitude, the hoi polloi, ’tis no matter what they think; they are sometimes in the right, sometimes in the wrong; their judgment is a mere lottery.
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Judgement People Thinking Understand Wrong

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