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Affability, mildness, tenderness, and a word which I would fain bring back to its original signification of virtue,–I mean good-nature,–are of daily use; they are the bread of mankind and staff of life.

John Dryden

He trudged along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought.
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Thinking Unknown Whistle
Satire among the Romans, but not among the Greeks, was a bitter invective poem.
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Bitter Poem Satire
But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
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Numerous Talk Thinking
Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.
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Performance Quick Slow
Our vows are heard betimes! and Heaven takes care To grant, before we can conclude the prayer: Preventing angels met it half the way, And sent us back to praise, who came to pray.
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Heaven Praise Prayer Promise
For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.
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Face Need See Truth
Good sense and good-nature are never separated, though the ignorant world has thought otherwise. Good-nature, by which I mean beneficence and candor, is the product of right reason.
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Goodness Ignorance Nature Reason Right World
Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
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Beginning Growth Small
All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.
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Glitter Gold
Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.
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Age Alone Enough Reason Strong Walk Youth
Repartee is the soul of conversation.
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Conversation One Liner Soul
Fattened in vice, so callous and so gross, he sins and sees not, senseless of his loss.
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Himself Loss See Vice
All authors to their own defects are blind.
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Author Blind Defect
Beware of the fury of the patient man.
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Beware Man Patience
Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.
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Bold Goodness Starve
Pride – Lord of human kind.
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Human Kind Pride

Affability, mildness, tenderness, and a word which I would fain bring back to its original signification of virtue,–I mean good-nature,–are of daily use; they are the bread of mankind and staff of life.

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