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Faith is to believe what you do not yet see: the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.

John Dryden

Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.
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Love Pain Pleasure
Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthly mother ten, Man looks aloft; and with erected eyes Beholds his own hereditary skies.
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Creation Earth Eyes Man Mom Sky Soft
Desire of greatness is a godlike sin.
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Desire God Greatness Sin
Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
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Fools One Liner Patriot
Time and death shall depart and say in flying Love has found out a way to live, by dying.
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Death Finding Love Time Way
When a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
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Judgement Life Man
Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.
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Grace Known Order Place
Be fair, or foul, or rain, or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.
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Fair Fate Myself Possession Rain Shine Time
He look’d in years, yet in his years were seen A youthful vigor, and autumnal green.
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Green Himself Youth
So the false spider, when her nets are spread, deep ambushed in her silent den does lie.
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Fake Lying Silence
But when to sin our biased nature leans, The careful Devil is still at hand with means; And providently pimps for ill desires.
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Desire Hands Nature Sick Sin
Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.
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Cement Foundation Knowledge Society Truth
Silence in times of suffering is the best.
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Best Silence Suffering Time
What, start at this! when sixty years have spread. Their grey experience o’er thy hoary head? Is this the all observing age could gain? Or hast thou known the world so long in vain?
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And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require.
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Sure there’s contagion in the tears of friends.
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Friendship Tears

Faith is to believe what you do not yet see: the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.

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Faith is to believe what you do not yet see: the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.

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