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Time and death shall depart and say in flying Love has found out a way to live, by dying.

John Dryden

So the false spider, when her nets are spread, deep ambushed in her silent den does lie.
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Fake Lying Silence
Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings.
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Fake King Necessary Ruin True
What precious drops are those, Which silently each other’s track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?
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Dew Precious Pursue Track Young
More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store.
JOHN DRYDEN

Desire Hungry Liberty Store
Shakespeare was the Homer, or father of our dramatic poets;Jonson was theVirgil, the pattern of elaborate writing; I admire him, but I love Shakespeare.
JOHN DRYDEN

Admire Drama Father Himself Home Poet Writing
For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.
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Face Need See Truth
The winds are out of breath.
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Breathe Wind
Hushed as midnight silence.
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One Liner Silence
All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
JOHN DRYDEN

Decay Monarch Obedience Subject
Nothing to build, and all things to destroy.
JOHN DRYDEN

Build Destroy
Few know the use of life before ’tis past.
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Life Past
And write whatever Time shall bring to pass With pens of adamant on plates of brass.
JOHN DRYDEN

Plate Time Writing
Love is a passion Which kindles honor into noble acts.
JOHN DRYDEN

Act Honor Love Passion
All empire is no more than power in trust.
JOHN DRYDEN

Empire Power Trust
They, who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men.
JOHN DRYDEN

Authority Better General Man Opinion Understand
Repartee is the soul of conversation.
JOHN DRYDEN

Conversation One Liner Soul

Time and death shall depart and say in flying Love has found out a way to live, by dying.

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