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Order is the greatest grace.

John Dryden

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
Luxurious kings are to their people lost, They live like drones, upon the public cost.
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Live Lost Luxury People Public
Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
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Death Fear Known
What passion cannot music raise and quell!
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Music Passion Raise
Sure there’s contagion in the tears of friends.
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Friendship Tears
Shakespeare was the Homer, or father of our dramatic poets;Jonson was theVirgil, the pattern of elaborate writing; I admire him, but I love Shakespeare.
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Admire Drama Father Himself Home Poet Writing
I never saw any good that came of telling truth.
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Goodness Myself Talk Truth
Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.
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Bound Divison Greatness Intelligence Mad
The thought of being nothing after death is a burden insupportable to a virtuous man.
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Death Man Thinking Virtue
God never made his work for man to mend.
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God Man Mend Work
Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.
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Cement Foundation Knowledge Society Truth
Freedom which in no other land will thrive, Freedom an English subject’s sole prerogative.
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Freedom Subject Thrive
Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.
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Age Alone Enough Reason Strong Walk Youth
Love is a passion Which kindles honor into noble acts.
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Act Honor Love Passion
For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.
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Art Miss Mistake Nature
Many things impossible to thought have been by need to full perfection brought.
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Brought Impossible Need Perfection

Order is the greatest grace.

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