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He look’d in years, yet in his years were seen A youthful vigor, and autumnal green.

John Dryden

Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.
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Elegant Flower Heaven Western
Love is a passion Which kindles honor into noble acts.
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Act Honor Love Passion
Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.
JOHN DRYDEN

Bound Divison Greatness Intelligence Mad
Treason is greatest where trust is greatest.
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Greatness Treason Trust
And love’s the noblest frailty of the mind.
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Fragile Love Mindset
They that possess the prince possess the laws.
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Law Possession Prince
Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
JOHN DRYDEN

Courage Growth Heart
He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.
JOHN DRYDEN

Creation Dew Greatness Himself Morning Spirit
Not sharp revenge, nor hell itself can find, A fiercer torment than a guilty mind, Which day and night doth dreadfully accuse, Condemns the wretch, and still the charge renews.
JOHN DRYDEN

Charge Mindset Revenge Sharp
If you have lived, take thankfully the past. Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last.
JOHN DRYDEN

Live Past Remember Thankful
Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from pole to pole, So others may say when you are dead and gone. See what a vast estate he left his son.
JOHN DRYDEN

Estate Himself Misery Money Sell Soul
Hushed as midnight silence.
JOHN DRYDEN

One Liner Silence
Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
JOHN DRYDEN

Degree River Sea
There’s a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks.
JOHN DRYDEN

Gift Modesty Proud Time
There is a proud modesty in merit.
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Advantage Modesty Proud
Nor is the people’s judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few.
JOHN DRYDEN

Judgment People True

He look’d in years, yet in his years were seen A youthful vigor, and autumnal green.

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