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Affability, mildness, tenderness, and a word which I would fain bring back to its original signification of virtue,–I mean good-nature,–are of daily use; they are the bread of mankind and staff of life.

John Dryden

All objects lose by too familiar a view.
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Familiar Lose Object View
Affability, mildness, tenderness, and a word which I would fain bring back to its original signification of virtue,–I mean good-nature,–are of daily use; they are the bread of mankind and staff of life.
JOHN DRYDEN

Life Man Origin Virtue Word
Truth is the object of our understanding, as good is of our will; and the understanding can no more be delighted with a lie than the will can choose an apparent evil.
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Choice Delight Evil Lying Object Truth Understand
I am resolved to grow fat and look young till forty, and then slip out of the world with the first wrinkle and the reputation of five-and-twenty.
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Growth Myself Reputation Young
Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
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Death Fear Known
Deathless laurel is the victor’s due.
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Death Due
Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthly mother ten, Man looks aloft; and with erected eyes Beholds his own hereditary skies.
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Creation Earth Eyes Man Mom Sky Soft
Luxurious kings are to their people lost, They live like drones, upon the public cost.
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Live Lost Luxury People Public
Many things impossible to thought have been by need to full perfection brought.
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Brought Impossible Need Perfection
They think too little who talk too much.
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Talk Thinking
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
Death ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene.
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Death End Grave Kind Mourn
While I am compassed round With mirth, my soul lies hid in shades of grief, Whence, like the bird of night, with half-shut eyes, She peeps, and sickens at the sight of day.
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Day Eyes Round Shade Sight Soul
All authors to their own defects are blind.
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Author Blind Defect
The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature’s eye.
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Eyes Heaven Nature
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
Great souls forgive not injuries till time has put their enemies within their power, that they may show forgiveness is their own.
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Enemy Forgiveness Greatness Injury Power Soul Time
At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace.
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Hate Home Name Peace Soul
Hushed as midnight silence.
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One Liner Silence
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
Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.
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Love Pain Pleasure
Faith is to believe what you do not yet see: the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.
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Believe Faith Grace Reward See Strength
Swift was the race, but short the time to run.
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Race Run Swift Time
I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
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Freedom Man Nature Run Savage Wild
And plenty makes us poor.
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Poor
Trust on and think To-morrow will repay; To-morrow’s falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blest With some new Joys, cuts off what we possest.
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Fake Happiness Thinking Trust
If passion rules, how weak does reason prove!
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Evidence Passion Reason Rule Weakness

Affability, mildness, tenderness, and a word which I would fain bring back to its original signification of virtue,–I mean good-nature,–are of daily use; they are the bread of mankind and staff of life.

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