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He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.

John Dryden

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.
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Ourselves Photograph Thinking Word
Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.
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Grace Strength
If you have lived, take thankfully the past. Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last.
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Live Past Remember Thankful
They think too little who talk too much.
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Talk Thinking
Men’s virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes.
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Crime Freedom Tax Virtue
There is a pleasure in being mad, which none but madmen know.
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Known Mad Pleasure
Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne’er pardon who have done wrong.
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Forgiveness Injury Wrong
Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpass’d; The next, in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go; To make a third, she join’d the former two.
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Age Distant Force Herself Nature Poet
All heiresses are beautiful.
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Beautiful One Liner
The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature’s eye.
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Eyes Heaven Nature
We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.
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Chance Hot Iron Leisure
A happy genius is the gift of nature.
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Genius Gift Happy Nature
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.
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God Goodness Love Thinking World
Among our crimes oblivion may be set.
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Crime Oblivion
Old as I am, for ladies’ love unfit, The power of beauty I remember yet.
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Myself Old Power Remember
All delays are dangerous in war.
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Dangerous Delay War

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.

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