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Virgil and Horace were the severest writers of the severest age.

John Dryden

Some of our philosophizing divines have too much exalted the faculties of our souls, when they have maintained that by their force mankind has been able to find out God.
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Divine Faculty Force God Kind Man Philosophy
Treason is greatest where trust is greatest.
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Greatness Treason Trust
Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.
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Body Break Preservation Shame Spirit
An horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.
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Fear Horrible Ourselves Silence Temptation
A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth.
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Cheating Man Passion Reason Truth
They that possess the prince possess the laws.
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Law Possession Prince
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
Dreams are but interludes that fancy makes… Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behind Rush forward in the brain, and come to mind.
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Dreams Forget Forward Mindset Time
He is a perpetual fountain of good sense.
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Fountain Goodness Sense
Pity only on fresh objects stays, but with the tedious sight of woes decays.
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Fresh Object Pity Sight
A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.
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Believe Easy Invisible Mindset Unknown
Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause.
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Fight King Mad Man Praise
Youth, beauty, graceful action seldom fail: But common interest always will prevail; And pity never ceases to be shown To him who makes the people’s wrongs his own.
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Action Beautiful Fall Grace Himself People Wrong Youth
When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.
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Cheating Favor Fools Hope Life
Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age.
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Absence Age Love Time
Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
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Courage Growth Heart

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