The bravest men are subject most to chance.
JOHN DRYDEN
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The bravest men are subject most to chance.
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Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause.
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Fattened in vice, so callous and so gross, he sins and sees not, senseless of his loss.
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At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace.
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Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more.
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Since a true knowledge of nature gives us pleasure, a lively imitation of it, either in poetry or painting, must produce a much greater; for both these arts are not only true imitations of nature, but of the best nature.
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All delays are dangerous in war.
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All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
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Blown roses hold their sweetness to the last.
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Sculptors are obliged to follow the manners of the painters, and to make many ample folds, which are unsufferable hardness, and more like a rock than a natural garment.
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The winds are out of breath.
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I never saw any good that came of telling truth.
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But how can finite grasp Infinity?
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Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
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And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require.
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Since every man who lives is born to die, And none can boast sincere felicity, With equal mind, what happens, let us bear, Nor joy nor grieve too much for things beyond our care. Like pilgrims to the’ appointed place we tend; The world’s an inn, and death the journey’s end.
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