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

John Dryden

If passion rules, how weak does reason prove!
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Evidence Passion Reason Rule Weakness
What passion cannot music raise and quell!
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Music Passion Raise
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
Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings.
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Fake King Necessary Ruin True
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
The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.
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Himself Man Son Treat
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
For all the happiness mankind can gain Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain.
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Happiness Kind Man Sadness
I never saw any good that came of telling truth.
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Goodness Myself Talk Truth
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
The trumpet’s loud clangor Excites us to arms.
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Excitement Loud
The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind’s great bribe.
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Act Generous Greatness Pleasure Secret
Politicians neither love nor hate.
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Hate Love Politics
But when to sin our biased nature leans, The careful Devil is still at hand with means; And providently pimps for ill desires.
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Desire Hands Nature Sick Sin
Presence of mind and courage in distress, Are more than arrives to procure success?
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Courage Mindset Presence Success
Parting is worse than death; it is death of love!
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Death Love Part Worst

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