Luxurious kings are to their people lost, They live like drones, upon the public cost.
JOHN DRYDENSo softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.
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He who would pry behind the scenes oft sees a counterfeit.
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The scum that rises upmost, when the nation boils.
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Murder may pass unpunished for a time, But tardy justice will overtake the crime.
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When a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
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Virtue is her own reward.
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No king nor nation one moment can retard the appointed hour.
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Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
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And love’s the noblest frailty of the mind.
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There’s a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks.
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Beware the fury of a patient man.
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I’m a little wounded, but I am not slain; I will lay me down to bleed a while. Then I’ll rise and fight again.
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An horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.
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War is the trade of kings.
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Light sufferings give us leisure to complain.
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The love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.
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