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Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.

John Dryden

It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, can rule nothing, but is ruled by prudence.
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Fortune Madness Prudence Rule
Lucky men are favorites of Heaven.
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Favorite Heaven Man
Every age has a kind of universal genius, which inclines those that live in it to some particular studies.
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Age Genius Kind Live Study Universe
Fowls, by winter forced, forsake the floods, and wing their hasty flight to happier lands.
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Force Happiness Land Winter
But love’s a malady without a cure.
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Cure Love
Nothing to build, and all things to destroy.
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Build Destroy
Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne’er pardon who have done wrong.
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Forgiveness Injury Wrong
There’s a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks.
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Gift Modesty Proud Time
Long pains, with use of bearing, are half eased.
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Erase Pain
All flowers will droop in the absence of the sun that waked their sweets.
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Absence Flower Sun Sweet Wake Up
Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.
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Blind Willing Zeal
And love’s the noblest frailty of the mind.
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Fragile Love Mindset
Griefs assured are felt before they come.
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Assurance Feeling Grief
He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.
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Creation Dew Greatness Himself Morning Spirit
All heiresses are beautiful.
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Beautiful One Liner
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

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