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War seldom enters but where wealth allures.

John Dryden

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.
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Admire Drama Father Himself Home Poet Writing
None but the brave deserve the fair.
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Brave Deserve Fair
A good conscience is a port which is landlocked on every side, where no winds can possibly invade. There a man may not only see his own image, but that of his Maker, clearly reflected from the undisturbed waters.
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Conscience Goodness Image Man Reflection Water
Old as I am, for ladies’ love unfit, The power of beauty I remember yet.
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Myself Old Power Remember
Every age has a kind of universal genius, which inclines those that live in it to some particular studies.
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Age Genius Kind Live Study Universe
He is a perpetual fountain of good sense.
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Fountain Goodness Sense
Sculptors are obliged to follow the manners of the painters, and to make many ample folds, which are unsufferable hardness, and more like a rock than a natural garment.
JOHN DRYDEN

Follow Natural Obligation Paint Rock Sculptor
All flowers will droop in the absence of the sun that waked their sweets.
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Absence Flower Sun Sweet Wake Up
Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts.
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Confidence Fact Known
Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.
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Fly Joy Youth
Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.
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Bold Goodness Starve
I’m a little wounded, but I am not slain; I will lay me down to bleed a while. Then I’ll rise and fight again.
JOHN DRYDEN

Fight Myself Rise Wound
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
Satire is a kind of poetry in which human vices are reprehended.
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Human Kind Poetry Satire Vice
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?
JOHN DRYDEN

Honor Judgement Man Member Mistake Order
Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.
JOHN DRYDEN

Bold Fear Greatness Mask

War seldom enters but where wealth allures.

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