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Love is a passion Which kindles honor into noble acts.

John Dryden

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
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Numerous Talk Thinking
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
Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.
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Body Break Preservation Shame Spirit
A happy genius is the gift of nature.
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Genius Gift Happy Nature
And love’s the noblest frailty of the mind.
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Fragile Love Mindset
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
The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind’s great bribe.
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Act Generous Greatness Pleasure Secret
All authors to their own defects are blind.
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Author Blind Defect
Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.
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Children Crave Growth Man
He look’d in years, yet in his years were seen A youthful vigor, and autumnal green.
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Green Himself Youth
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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Boast Born Death End Journey Live Man Place Sincere
To die for faction is a common evil, But to be hanged for nonsense is the devil.
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Common Death Devil Evil
Many things impossible to thought have been by need to full perfection brought.
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Brought Impossible Need Perfection
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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Best Give Up Knowledge Nature Production True
Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthly mother ten, Man looks aloft; and with erected eyes Beholds his own hereditary skies.
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Creation Earth Eyes Man Mom Sky Soft
We by art unteach what Nature taught.
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Art Nature Teaching

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