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But love’s a malady without a cure.

John Dryden

Youth, beauty, graceful action seldom fail: But common interest always will prevail; And pity never ceases to be shown To him who makes the people’s wrongs his own.
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Action Beautiful Fall Grace Himself People Wrong Youth
More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store.
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Desire Hungry Liberty Store
Fowls, by winter forced, forsake the floods, and wing their hasty flight to happier lands.
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Force Happiness Land Winter
They say everything in the world is good for something.
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Goodness Karma World
Among our crimes oblivion may be set.
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Crime Oblivion
Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
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Authors Enthusiasm Expectation Truth
What precious drops are those, Which silently each other’s track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?
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Dew Precious Pursue Track Young
For secrets are edged tools, And must be kept from children and from fools.
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Children Edge Fools Secret Tools
But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
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Numerous Talk Thinking
Death ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene.
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Death End Grave Kind Mourn
And plenty makes us poor.
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Poor
Trust on and think To-morrow will repay; To-morrow’s falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blest With some new Joys, cuts off what we possest.
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Fake Happiness Thinking Trust
All heiresses are beautiful.
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Beautiful One Liner
Nothing to build, and all things to destroy.
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Build Destroy
Treason is greatest where trust is greatest.
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Greatness Treason Trust
For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.
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Art Miss Mistake Nature

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