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We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.

John Dryden

An horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.
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Fear Horrible Ourselves Silence Temptation
Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped; And they have kept it since by being dead.
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Cheap Death Fame
A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.
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Believe Easy Invisible Mindset Unknown
Words are but pictures of our thoughts.
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Ourselves Photograph Thinking Word
Deathless laurel is the victor’s due.
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Death Due
Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
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Courage Growth Heart
For those whom God to ruin has design’d, He fits for fate, and first destroys their mind.
JOHN DRYDEN

Design God Mindset Ruin
If you have lived, take thankfully the past. Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last.
JOHN DRYDEN

Live Past Remember Thankful
O freedom, first delight of human kind!
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Delight Freedom Human Kind
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.
JOHN DRYDEN

Heaven Praise Prayer Promise
Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
JOHN DRYDEN

Authors Enthusiasm Expectation Truth
I am resolved to grow fat and look young till forty, and then slip out of the world with the first wrinkle and the reputation of five-and-twenty.
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Growth Myself Reputation Young
Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age.
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Absence Age Love Time
God never made his work for man to mend.
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God Man Mend Work
Pity melts the mind to love.
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Love Mindset Pity
Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections.
JOHN DRYDEN

Affection Goodness Grace Principal

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