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Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be.

John Dryden

For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.
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Face Need See Truth
Fattened in vice, so callous and so gross, he sins and sees not, senseless of his loss.
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Himself Loss See Vice
More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store.
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Desire Hungry Liberty Store
Fiction is of the essence of poetry as well as of painting; there is a resemblance in one of human bodies, things, and actions which are not real, and in the other of a true story by fiction.
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Action Essence Fiction Human Poetry Story
Nothing to build, and all things to destroy.
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Build Destroy
Silence in times of suffering is the best.
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Best Silence Suffering Time
Sure there is none but fears a future state; And when the most obdurate swear they do not, Their trembling hearts belie their boasting tongues.
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Future Heart State Tongue Tremble
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
None but the brave deserve the fair.
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Brave Deserve Fair
He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.
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Creation Dew Greatness Himself Morning Spirit
Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
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Fools One Liner Patriot
They say everything in the world is good for something.
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Goodness Karma World
Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped; And they have kept it since by being dead.
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Cheap Death Fame
Sure there’s contagion in the tears of friends.
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Friendship Tears
Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
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Myself Poverty Soul Virtue Warm
Murder may pass unpunished for a time, But tardy justice will overtake the crime.
JOHN DRYDEN

Crime Murder Punishment Time

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