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Self-defense is Nature’s eldest law.

John Dryden

I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
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Freedom Man Nature Run Savage Wild
But love’s a malady without a cure.
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Cure Love
Dancing is the poetry of the foot.
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Dance Foot Poetry
More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store.
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Desire Hungry Liberty Store
O freedom, first delight of human kind!
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Delight Freedom Human Kind
Those who write ill, and they who ne’er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.
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Criticism Revenge Writing
A woman’s counsel brought us first to woe, And made her man his paradise forego, Where at heart’s ease he liv’d; and might have been As free from sorrow as he was from sin.
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Himself Man Paradise Sin Sorrow Woman
A happy genius is the gift of nature.
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Genius Gift Happy Nature
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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Future Heart State Tongue Tremble
Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be.
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Care Destroy Happiness Man Thinking
Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
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Fools One Liner Patriot
Treason is greatest where trust is greatest.
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Greatness Treason Trust
But when to sin our biased nature leans, The careful Devil is still at hand with means; And providently pimps for ill desires.
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Desire Hands Nature Sick Sin
Freedom which in no other land will thrive, Freedom an English subject’s sole prerogative.
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Freedom Subject Thrive
Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
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Authors Enthusiasm Expectation Truth
Light sufferings give us leisure to complain.
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Complain Leisure Light Suffering

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