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Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne’er pardon who have done wrong.

John Dryden

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
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Character Habit Inspirational Nature Ourselves
Our vows are heard betimes! and Heaven takes care To grant, before we can conclude the prayer: Preventing angels met it half the way, And sent us back to praise, who came to pray.
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Heaven Praise Prayer Promise
Old age creeps on us where we think it night.
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Age Night Old Ourselves
Take not away the life you cannot give: For all things have an equal right to live.
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Equality Life Live Right
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
Words are but pictures of our thoughts.
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Ourselves Photograph Thinking Word
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
Truth is the object of our understanding, as good is of our will; and the understanding can no more be delighted with a lie than the will can choose an apparent evil.
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Choice Delight Evil Lying Object Truth Understand
Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
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Alone Day Happiness Live Man Myself Secure Worst
If you have lived, take thankfully the past. Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last.
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Live Past Remember Thankful
So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.
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Death Dreams Heaven Herself Life Success
War seldom enters but where wealth allures.
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Seldom War Wealth
For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.
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Art Miss Mistake Nature
None, none descends into himself, to find The secret imperfections of his mind: But every one is eagle-ey’d to see Another’s faults, and his deformity.
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Finding Himself Imperfection Mistake Secret
Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.
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Bold Goodness Starve
Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise!
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Fury Revenge See

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