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All delays are dangerous in war.

John Dryden

O freedom, first delight of human kind!
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Delight Freedom Human Kind
Beware the fury of a patient man.
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Fury Man Patience
Repartee is the soul of conversation.
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Conversation One Liner Soul
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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Ideas Nature Pleasure View
Sure there’s contagion in the tears of friends.
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Friendship Tears
The scum that rises upmost, when the nation boils.
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Boil Nature Rise
Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.
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Blind Willing Zeal
It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, can rule nothing, but is ruled by prudence.
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Fortune Madness Prudence Rule
For they can conquer who believe they can.
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Believe Conquer
There is a proud modesty in merit.
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Advantage Modesty Proud
Pity only on fresh objects stays, but with the tedious sight of woes decays.
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Fresh Object Pity Sight
At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace.
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Hate Home Name Peace Soul
If the faults of men in orders are only to be judged among themselves, they are all in some sort parties; for, since they say the honour of their order is concerned in every member of it, how can we be sure that they will be impartial judges?
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Honor Judgement Man Member Mistake Order
Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below.
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Errors Flow Gratitude Surface
But how can finite grasp Infinity?
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Finite Grasp Infinity
God never made his work for man to mend.
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God Man Mend Work

All delays are dangerous in war.

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