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We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

John Dryden

If passion rules, how weak does reason prove!
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Evidence Passion Reason Rule Weakness
Nothing to build, and all things to destroy.
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Build Destroy
The love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.
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Gift Heaven Liberty Life Love
Long pains, with use of bearing, are half eased.
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Erase Pain
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
Much malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.
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Infidelity Mysterious Thinking
There is a proud modesty in merit.
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Advantage Modesty Proud
And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require.
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Corruption Faith Freedom Need Scripture Sufficient
Satire is a kind of poetry in which human vices are reprehended.
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Human Kind Poetry Satire Vice
Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne’er pardon who have done wrong.
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Forgiveness Injury Wrong
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
All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.
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Glitter Gold
But how can finite grasp Infinity?
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Finite Grasp Infinity
For they can conquer who believe they can.
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Believe Conquer
What passion cannot music raise and quell!
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Music Passion Raise
Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise!
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Fury Revenge See

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