They live too long who happiness outlive.
JOHN DRYDEN
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Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness.
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O freedom, first delight of human kind!
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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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So the false spider, when her nets are spread, deep ambushed in her silent den does lie.
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If all the world be worth thy winning. / Think, oh think it worth enjoying: / Lovely Thaïs sits beside thee, / Take the good the gods provide thee.
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All empire is no more than power in trust.
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As one that neither seeks, nor shuns his foe.
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Griefs assured are felt before they come.
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The winds are out of breath.
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All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.
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They think too little who talk too much.
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They that possess the prince possess the laws.
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He look’d in years, yet in his years were seen A youthful vigor, and autumnal green.
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Love and Time with reverence use, Treat them like a parting friend: Nor the golden gifts refuse Which in youth sincere they send: For each year their price is more, And they less simple than before.
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