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Sure there is none but fears a future state; And when the most obdurate swear they do not, Their trembling hearts belie their boasting tongues.

John Dryden

They that possess the prince possess the laws.
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Law Possession Prince
Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
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Authors Enthusiasm Expectation Truth
Treason is greatest where trust is greatest.
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Greatness Treason Trust
The thought of being nothing after death is a burden insupportable to a virtuous man.
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Death Man Thinking Virtue
Welcome, thou kind deceiver! Thou best of thieves; who, with an easy key, Dost open life, and, unperceived by us, Even steal us from ourselves.
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Best Kind Ourselves Steal
I am resolved to grow fat and look young till forty, and then slip out of the world with the first wrinkle and the reputation of five-and-twenty.
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Growth Myself Reputation Young
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
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Character Habit Inspirational Nature Ourselves
Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
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Degree River Sea
War is the trade of kings.
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King One Liner Trade War
Be fair, or foul, or rain, or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.
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Fair Fate Myself Possession Rain Shine Time
When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.
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Cheating Favor Fools Hope Life
Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.
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Grace Strength
For age but tastes of pleasures youth devours.
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Age Devour Pleasure Taste Youth
He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
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Fear Learning Lesson
Pity melts the mind to love.
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Love Mindset Pity
O freedom, first delight of human kind!
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Delight Freedom Human Kind

Sure there is none but fears a future state; And when the most obdurate swear they do not, Their trembling hearts belie their boasting tongues.

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