Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
JOHN DRYDENBut far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
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They, who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men.
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All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.
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But Shakespeare’s magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
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Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.
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Satire is a kind of poetry in which human vices are reprehended.
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Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below.
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Secret guilt is by silence revealed.
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Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause.
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If thou dost still retain the same ill habits, the same follies, too, still thou art bound to vice, and still a slave.
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There is a pleasure in being mad, which none but madmen know.
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But love’s a malady without a cure.
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Men’s virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes.
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Few know the use of life before ’tis past.
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Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthly mother ten, Man looks aloft; and with erected eyes Beholds his own hereditary skies.
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A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.
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