Of all the tyrannies on human kind the worst is that which persecutes the mind.
JOHN DRYDENThus all below is strength, and all above is grace.
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Seas are the fields of combat for the winds; but when they sweep along some flowery coast, their wings move mildly, and their rage is lost.
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None are so busy as the fool and the knave.
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We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.
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The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.
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A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth.
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I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night.
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A good conscience is a port which is landlocked on every side, where no winds can possibly invade. There a man may not only see his own image, but that of his Maker, clearly reflected from the undisturbed waters.
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All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
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What, start at this! when sixty years have spread. Their grey experience o’er thy hoary head? Is this the all observing age could gain? Or hast thou known the world so long in vain?
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All empire is no more than power in trust.
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Politicians neither love nor hate.
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Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
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Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below.
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Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings.
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If passion rules, how weak does reason prove!
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