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John Dryden

They that possess the prince possess the laws.
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Law Possession Prince
Those who write ill, and they who ne’er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.
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Criticism Revenge Writing
Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections.
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Affection Goodness Grace Principal
Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
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Fools One Liner Patriot
The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.
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Himself Man Son Treat
I’m a little wounded, but I am not slain; I will lay me down to bleed a while. Then I’ll rise and fight again.
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Fight Myself Rise Wound
If the faults of men in orders are only to be judged among themselves, they are all in some sort parties; for, since they say the honour of their order is concerned in every member of it, how can we be sure that they will be impartial judges?
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Honor Judgement Man Member Mistake Order
Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.
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Cement Foundation Knowledge Society Truth
Here lies my wife: here let her lie! Now she’s at rest, and so am I.
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Lying Myself Wife
Desire of greatness is a godlike sin.
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Desire God Greatness Sin
Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped; And they have kept it since by being dead.
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Cheap Death Fame
There is a proud modesty in merit.
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Advantage Modesty Proud
And love’s the noblest frailty of the mind.
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Fragile Love Mindset
Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
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Authors Enthusiasm Expectation Truth
War seldom enters but where wealth allures.
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Seldom War Wealth
He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him.
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Author Himself Poet Theft Victory

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