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He who would pry behind the scenes oft sees a counterfeit.

John Dryden

Dreams are but interludes that fancy makes… Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behind Rush forward in the brain, and come to mind.
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Dreams Forget Forward Mindset Time
Death ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene.
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Death End Grave Kind Mourn
Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.
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Fly Joy Youth
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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God Goodness Love Thinking World
Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise!
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Fury Revenge See
Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
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Authors Enthusiasm Expectation Truth
When a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
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Judgement Life Man
Sure there’s contagion in the tears of friends.
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Friendship Tears
Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
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Death Fear Known
He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him.
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Author Himself Poet Theft Victory
An hour will come, with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.
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Benefit Fate Pleasure Relate Sorrow Time
Let Fortune empty her whole quiver on me, I have a soul that, like an ample shield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more; Fate was not mine, nor am I Fate’s: Souls know no conquerors.
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Empty Enough Fortune Myself Soul
Some of our philosophizing divines have too much exalted the faculties of our souls, when they have maintained that by their force mankind has been able to find out God.
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Divine Faculty Force God Kind Man Philosophy
Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings.
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Fake King Necessary Ruin True
Our vows are heard betimes! and Heaven takes care To grant, before we can conclude the prayer: Preventing angels met it half the way, And sent us back to praise, who came to pray.
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Heaven Praise Prayer Promise
Lucky men are favorites of Heaven.
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Favorite Heaven Man

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