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For they can conquer who believe they can.

John Dryden

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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Lost Mild Rage Sea Wind
Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.
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Different Fools Love Mindset Wisdom
For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.
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Devotion Ignorance Mom Myself Yourself
Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne’er pardon who have done wrong.
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Forgiveness Injury Wrong
What passion cannot music raise and quell!
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Music Passion Raise
And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require.
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Corruption Faith Freedom Need Scripture Sufficient
Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
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Degree River Sea
Murder may pass unpunished for a time, But tardy justice will overtake the crime.
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Crime Murder Punishment Time
Old age creeps on us where we think it night.
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Age Night Old Ourselves
They say everything in the world is good for something.
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Goodness Karma World
A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth.
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Cheating Man Passion Reason Truth
Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.
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Bold Goodness Starve
They that possess the prince possess the laws.
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Law Possession Prince
The conscience of a people is their power.
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Conscience People Power
Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections.
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Affection Goodness Grace Principal
A happy genius is the gift of nature.
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Genius Gift Happy Nature

For they can conquer who believe they can.

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