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Pity only on fresh objects stays, but with the tedious sight of woes decays.

John Dryden

Death ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene.
JOHN DRYDEN

Death End Grave Kind Mourn
When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.
JOHN DRYDEN

Cheating Favor Fools Hope Life
If all the world be worth thy winning. / Think, oh think it worth enjoying: / Lovely Thaïs sits beside thee, / Take the good the gods provide thee.
JOHN DRYDEN

God Goodness Love Thinking World
Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.
JOHN DRYDEN

Age Alone Enough Reason Strong Walk Youth
All objects lose by too familiar a view.
JOHN DRYDEN

Familiar Lose Object View
Virtue is her own reward.
JOHN DRYDEN

One Liner Reward Virtue
Few know the use of life before ’tis past.
JOHN DRYDEN

Life Past
There is a pleasure in being mad, which none but madmen know.
JOHN DRYDEN

Known Mad Pleasure
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

Believe Faith Grace Reward See Strength
Repartee is the soul of conversation.
JOHN DRYDEN

Conversation One Liner Soul
What precious drops are those, Which silently each other’s track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?
JOHN DRYDEN

Dew Precious Pursue Track Young
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.
JOHN DRYDEN

Heaven Praise Prayer Promise
A happy genius is the gift of nature.
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Genius Gift Happy Nature
Order is the greatest grace.
JOHN DRYDEN

Greatness One Liner Order Peace
God never made his work for man to mend.
JOHN DRYDEN

God Man Mend Work
A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.
JOHN DRYDEN

Believe Easy Invisible Mindset Unknown

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