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Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

John Dryden

Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
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Beginning Growth Small
Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness.
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Goodness Happiness Instrument Laughter Man Rate
While I am compassed round With mirth, my soul lies hid in shades of grief, Whence, like the bird of night, with half-shut eyes, She peeps, and sickens at the sight of day.
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Day Eyes Round Shade Sight Soul
No king nor nation one moment can retard the appointed hour.
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King Mad Moments Nation
Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings.
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Fake King Necessary Ruin True
Old age creeps on us where we think it night.
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Age Night Old Ourselves
War is the trade of kings.
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King One Liner Trade War
Presence of mind and courage in distress, Are more than arrives to procure success?
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Courage Mindset Presence Success
Deathless laurel is the victor’s due.
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Death Due
For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.
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Art Miss Mistake Nature
The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature’s eye.
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Eyes Heaven Nature
Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought, Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught, The wise, for cure, on exercise depend; God never made his work for man to mend.
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Better Health Himself Man Work
The winds are out of breath.
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Breathe Wind
Politicians neither love nor hate.
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Hate Love Politics
We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.
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Chance Hot Iron Leisure
They think too little who talk too much.
JOHN DRYDEN

Talk Thinking

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