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So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.

John Dryden

Nor is the people’s judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few.
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Judgment People True
Fattened in vice, so callous and so gross, he sins and sees not, senseless of his loss.
JOHN DRYDEN

Himself Loss See Vice
Faith is to believe what you do not yet see: the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.
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Believe Faith Grace Reward See Strength
Beware the fury of a patient man.
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Fury Man Patience
Virtue is her own reward.
JOHN DRYDEN

One Liner Reward Virtue
The thought of being nothing after death is a burden insupportable to a virtuous man.
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Death Man Thinking Virtue
Luxurious kings are to their people lost, They live like drones, upon the public cost.
JOHN DRYDEN

Live Lost Luxury People Public
Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.
JOHN DRYDEN

Bound Divison Greatness Intelligence Mad
No king nor nation one moment can retard the appointed hour.
JOHN DRYDEN

King Mad Moments Nation
Sure there is none but fears a future state; And when the most obdurate swear they do not, Their trembling hearts belie their boasting tongues.
JOHN DRYDEN

Future Heart State Tongue Tremble
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?
JOHN DRYDEN

Honor Judgement Man Member Mistake Order
But Shakespeare’s magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
JOHN DRYDEN

Himself Magic Walk
Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings.
JOHN DRYDEN

Fake King Necessary Ruin True
And love’s the noblest frailty of the mind.
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Fragile Love Mindset
He who would search for pearls must dive below.
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Himself Pearl Search
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.
JOHN DRYDEN

Growth Myself Reputation Young

So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.

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