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But when to sin our biased nature leans, The careful Devil is still at hand with means; And providently pimps for ill desires.

John Dryden

Treason is greatest where trust is greatest.
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Greatness Treason Trust
Seas are the fields of combat for the winds; but when they sweep along some flowery coast, their wings move mildly, and their rage is lost.
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Lost Mild Rage Sea Wind
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
Blown roses hold their sweetness to the last.
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Hold Last Sweet
They that possess the prince possess the laws.
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Law Possession Prince
Love is not in our choice but in our fate.
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Choice Fate Love
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
Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.
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Continue End Goodness Grace Principal Virtue
Griefs assured are felt before they come.
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Assurance Feeling Grief
Fowls, by winter forced, forsake the floods, and wing their hasty flight to happier lands.
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Force Happiness Land Winter
All authors to their own defects are blind.
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Author Blind Defect
Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.
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Body Break Preservation Shame Spirit
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
No king nor nation one moment can retard the appointed hour.
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King Mad Moments Nation
A good conscience is a port which is landlocked on every side, where no winds can possibly invade. There a man may not only see his own image, but that of his Maker, clearly reflected from the undisturbed waters.
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Conscience Goodness Image Man Reflection Water
Present joys are more to flesh and blood Than a dull prospect of a distant good.
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Distance Flesh Goodness Present

But when to sin our biased nature leans, The careful Devil is still at hand with means; And providently pimps for ill desires.

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But when to sin our biased nature leans, The careful Devil is still at hand with means; And providently pimps for ill desires.

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