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No king nor nation one moment can retard the appointed hour.

John Dryden

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
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Numerous Talk Thinking
Time and death shall depart and say in flying Love has found out a way to live, by dying.
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Death Finding Love Time Way
Death ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene.
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Death End Grave Kind Mourn
By education most have been misled.
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Direction Education One Liner
And plenty makes us poor.
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Poor
Self-defense is Nature’s eldest law.
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Defense Law Nature
Much malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.
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Infidelity Mysterious Thinking
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
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
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
There is a pleasure in being mad, which none but madmen know.
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Known Mad Pleasure
What passion cannot music raise and quell!
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Music Passion Raise
For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.
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Art Miss Mistake Nature
For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.
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Devotion Ignorance Mom Myself Yourself
Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.
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Love Pain Pleasure
Present joys are more to flesh and blood Than a dull prospect of a distant good.
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Distance Flesh Goodness Present

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