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To die for faction is a common evil, But to be hanged for nonsense is the devil.

John Dryden

If you have lived, take thankfully the past. Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last.
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Live Past Remember Thankful
He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.
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Creation Dew Greatness Himself Morning Spirit
So the false spider, when her nets are spread, deep ambushed in her silent den does lie.
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Fake Lying Silence
All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.
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Glitter Gold
If thou dost still retain the same ill habits, the same follies, too, still thou art bound to vice, and still a slave.
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Bound Habit Slave Vice
Beware the fury of a patient man.
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Fury Man Patience
Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts.
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Confidence Fact Known
Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.
JOHN DRYDEN

Brave Despair Happiness
Fowls, by winter forced, forsake the floods, and wing their hasty flight to happier lands.
JOHN DRYDEN

Force Happiness Land Winter
Fool that I was, upon my eagle’s wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.
JOHN DRYDEN

Eagle Fools Mount Myself Wings
Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.
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Bold Goodness Starve
Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
JOHN DRYDEN

Alone Day Happiness Live Man Myself Secure Worst
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.
JOHN DRYDEN

Continue End Goodness Grace Principal Virtue
Love is not in our choice but in our fate.
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Choice Fate Love
Treason is greatest where trust is greatest.
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Greatness Treason Trust
Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
JOHN DRYDEN

Degree River Sea

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