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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.

John Dryden

We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.
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Chance Hot Iron Leisure
An hour will come, with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.
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Benefit Fate Pleasure Relate Sorrow Time
Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil.
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Himself Judgement Praise Theme
For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.
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Art Miss Mistake Nature
If passion rules, how weak does reason prove!
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Evidence Passion Reason Rule Weakness
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
Self-defense is Nature’s eldest law.
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Defense Law Nature
Pity only on fresh objects stays, but with the tedious sight of woes decays.
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Fresh Object Pity Sight
Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
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Authors Enthusiasm Expectation Truth
If you have lived, take thankfully the past. Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last.
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Live Past Remember Thankful
Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne’er pardon who have done wrong.
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Forgiveness Injury Wrong
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
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Character Habit Inspirational Nature Ourselves
They first condemn that first advised the ill.
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Advise Sick
None are so busy as the fool and the knave.
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Busy Fools
Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.
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Continue End Goodness Grace Principal Virtue
Murder may pass unpunished for a time, But tardy justice will overtake the crime.
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Crime Murder Punishment Time

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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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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