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

John Dryden

They, who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men.
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Authority Better General Man Opinion Understand
For those whom God to ruin has design’d, He fits for fate, and first destroys their mind.
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Design God Mindset Ruin
Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.
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Blind Willing Zeal
Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
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Degree River Sea
Few know the use of life before ’tis past.
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Life Past
Hushed as midnight silence.
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One Liner Silence
They say everything in the world is good for something.
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Goodness Karma World
Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below.
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Errors Flow Gratitude Surface
The bravest men are subject most to chance.
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Brave Chance Man Subject
Freedom which in no other land will thrive, Freedom an English subject’s sole prerogative.
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Freedom Subject Thrive
Beware the fury of a patient man.
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Fury Man Patience
No government has ever been, or can ever be, wherein time-servers and blockheads will not be uppermost.
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Block Government Time
Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.
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Bold Goodness Starve
Repentance is but want of power to sin.
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One Liner Power Regret Sin
Pride – Lord of human kind.
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Human Kind Pride
Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
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Anger Cherish Disappear Forget

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