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Swift was the race, but short the time to run.

John Dryden

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

Forgiveness Injury Wrong
For what can power give more than food and drink, To live at ease, and not be bound to think?
JOHN DRYDEN

Bound Drink Food Live Power Thinking
We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.
JOHN DRYDEN

Chance Hot Iron Leisure
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
Trust on and think To-morrow will repay; To-morrow’s falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blest With some new Joys, cuts off what we possest.
JOHN DRYDEN

Fake Happiness Thinking Trust
For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.
JOHN DRYDEN

Devotion Ignorance Mom Myself Yourself
The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.
JOHN DRYDEN

Himself Man Son Treat
They think too little who talk too much.
JOHN DRYDEN

Talk Thinking
Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.
JOHN DRYDEN

Fly Joy Youth
Treason is greatest where trust is greatest.
JOHN DRYDEN

Greatness Treason Trust
They, who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men.
JOHN DRYDEN

Authority Better General Man Opinion Understand
Present joys are more to flesh and blood Than a dull prospect of a distant good.
JOHN DRYDEN

Distance Flesh Goodness Present
Politicians neither love nor hate.
JOHN DRYDEN

Hate Love Politics
But how can finite grasp Infinity?
JOHN DRYDEN

Finite Grasp Infinity
He who would pry behind the scenes oft sees a counterfeit.
JOHN DRYDEN

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

Known Mad Pleasure

Swift was the race, but short the time to run.

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