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Sure there is none but fears a future state; And when the most obdurate swear they do not, Their trembling hearts belie their boasting tongues.

John Dryden

Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more.
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Nature Obligation Response Trust
Satire among the Romans, but not among the Greeks, was a bitter invective poem.
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Bitter Poem Satire
Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.
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Cement Foundation Knowledge Society Truth
Luxurious kings are to their people lost, They live like drones, upon the public cost.
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Live Lost Luxury People Public
Merit challenges envy.
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Advantage Jealous One Liner
And write whatever Time shall bring to pass With pens of adamant on plates of brass.
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Plate Time Writing
When a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
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Judgement Life Man
Faith is to believe what you do not yet see: the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.
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Believe Faith Grace Reward See Strength
Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections.
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Affection Goodness Grace Principal
Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthly mother ten, Man looks aloft; and with erected eyes Beholds his own hereditary skies.
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Creation Earth Eyes Man Mom Sky Soft
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.
JOHN DRYDEN

Fake Happiness Thinking Trust
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
Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
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Courage Growth Heart
Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
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Authors Enthusiasm Expectation Truth
If by the people you understand the multitude, the hoi polloi, ’tis no matter what they think; they are sometimes in the right, sometimes in the wrong; their judgment is a mere lottery.
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Judgement People Thinking Understand Wrong
They, who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men.
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Authority Better General Man Opinion Understand

Sure there is none but fears a future state; And when the most obdurate swear they do not, Their trembling hearts belie their boasting tongues.

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