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They live too long who happiness outlive.

John Dryden

The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature’s eye.
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Eyes Heaven Nature
Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.
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Different Fools Love Mindset Wisdom
The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind’s great bribe.
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Act Generous Greatness Pleasure Secret
Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise!
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Fury Revenge See
All heiresses are beautiful.
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Beautiful One Liner
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
Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.
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Age Alone Enough Reason Strong Walk Youth
It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, can rule nothing, but is ruled by prudence.
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Fortune Madness Prudence Rule
We can never be grieved for their miseries who are thoroughly wicked, and have thereby justly called their calamities on themselves.
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Adversity Grief Misery Wicket
He who would search for pearls must dive below.
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Himself Pearl Search
Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause.
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Fight King Mad Man Praise
Old as I am, for ladies’ love unfit, The power of beauty I remember yet.
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Myself Old Power Remember
Much malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.
JOHN DRYDEN

Infidelity Mysterious Thinking
Welcome, thou kind deceiver! Thou best of thieves; who, with an easy key, Dost open life, and, unperceived by us, Even steal us from ourselves.
JOHN DRYDEN

Best Kind Ourselves Steal
For they can conquer who believe they can.
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Believe Conquer
Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.
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Love Pain Pleasure

They live too long who happiness outlive.

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