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Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.

John Dryden

He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him.
JOHN DRYDEN

Author Himself Poet Theft Victory
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
God never made his work for man to mend.
JOHN DRYDEN

God Man Mend Work
Honor is but an empty bubble.
JOHN DRYDEN

Empty Respect
For those whom God to ruin has design’d, He fits for fate, and first destroys their mind.
JOHN DRYDEN

Design God Mindset Ruin
The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.
JOHN DRYDEN

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.
JOHN DRYDEN

Fight Myself Rise Wound
By education most have been misled.
JOHN DRYDEN

Direction Education One Liner
Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.
JOHN DRYDEN

Bold Goodness Starve
Silence in times of suffering is the best.
JOHN DRYDEN

Best Silence Suffering Time
He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
JOHN DRYDEN

Fear Learning Lesson
There is a proud modesty in merit.
JOHN DRYDEN

Advantage Modesty Proud
Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
JOHN DRYDEN

Courage Growth Heart
Love is not in our choice but in our fate.
JOHN DRYDEN

Choice Fate Love
For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.
JOHN DRYDEN

Art Miss Mistake Nature
War is the trade of kings.
JOHN DRYDEN

King One Liner Trade War

Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.

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