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Satire is a kind of poetry in which human vices are reprehended.

John Dryden

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.
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Bold Goodness Starve
Freedom which in no other land will thrive, Freedom an English subject’s sole prerogative.
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Freedom Subject Thrive
Pity only on fresh objects stays, but with the tedious sight of woes decays.
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Fresh Object Pity Sight
Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne’er pardon who have done wrong.
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Forgiveness Injury Wrong
Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.
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Body Break Preservation Shame Spirit
The scum that rises upmost, when the nation boils.
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Boil Nature Rise
Men’s virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes.
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Crime Freedom Tax Virtue
Presence of mind and courage in distress, Are more than arrives to procure success?
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Courage Mindset Presence Success
Hushed as midnight silence.
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One Liner Silence
Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.
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Performance Quick Slow
If you have lived, take thankfully the past. Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last.
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Live Past Remember Thankful
But Shakespeare’s magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
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Himself Magic Walk
By education most have been misled.
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Direction Education One Liner
If the faults of men in orders are only to be judged among themselves, they are all in some sort parties; for, since they say the honour of their order is concerned in every member of it, how can we be sure that they will be impartial judges?
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Honor Judgement Man Member Mistake Order
Repentance is but want of power to sin.
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One Liner Power Regret Sin
Those who write ill, and they who ne’er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.
JOHN DRYDEN

Criticism Revenge Writing

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