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Love is a passion Which kindles honor into noble acts.

John Dryden

We by art unteach what Nature taught.
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Art Nature Teaching
None but the brave deserve the fair.
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Brave Deserve Fair
For those whom God to ruin has design’d, He fits for fate, and first destroys their mind.
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Design God Mindset Ruin
Old as I am, for ladies’ love unfit, The power of beauty I remember yet.
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Myself Old Power Remember
Beware the fury of a patient man.
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Fury Man Patience
For what can power give more than food and drink, To live at ease, and not be bound to think?
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Bound Drink Food Live Power Thinking
They live too long who happiness outlive.
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Happiness Live
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
Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
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Beginning Growth Small
Few know the use of life before ’tis past.
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Life Past
Desire of greatness is a godlike sin.
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Desire God Greatness Sin
Youth, beauty, graceful action seldom fail: But common interest always will prevail; And pity never ceases to be shown To him who makes the people’s wrongs his own.
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Action Beautiful Fall Grace Himself People Wrong Youth
Nothing to build, and all things to destroy.
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Build Destroy
We can never be grieved for their miseries who are thoroughly wicked, and have thereby justly called their calamities on themselves.
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Adversity Grief Misery Wicket
Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings.
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Fake King Necessary Ruin True
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

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