Since every man who lives is born to die, And none can boast sincere felicity, With equal mind, what happens, let us bear, Nor joy nor grieve too much for things beyond our care. Like pilgrims to the’ appointed place we tend; The world’s an inn, and death the journey’s end.
JOHN DRYDENThey say everything in the world is good for something.
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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.
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None, none descends into himself, to find The secret imperfections of his mind: But every one is eagle-ey’d to see Another’s faults, and his deformity.
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Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.
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Few know the use of life before ’tis past.
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When a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
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Great souls forgive not injuries till time has put their enemies within their power, that they may show forgiveness is their own.
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Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.
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When we view elevated ideas of Nature, the result of that view is admiration, which is always the cause of pleasure.
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Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.
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So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.
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The trumpet’s loud clangor Excites us to arms.
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None are so busy as the fool and the knave.
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A happy genius is the gift of nature.
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Long pains, with use of bearing, are half eased.
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For all the happiness mankind can gain Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain.
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