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Be fair, or foul, or rain, or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.

John Dryden

Self-defense is Nature’s eldest law.
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Defense Law Nature
Dancing is the poetry of the foot.
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Dance Foot Poetry
If by the people you understand the multitude, the hoi polloi, ’tis no matter what they think; they are sometimes in the right, sometimes in the wrong; their judgment is a mere lottery.
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Judgement People Thinking Understand Wrong
At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace.
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Hate Home Name Peace Soul
Deathless laurel is the victor’s due.
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Death Due
Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age.
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Absence Age Love Time
Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
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Death Fear Known
All flowers will droop in the absence of the sun that waked their sweets.
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Absence Flower Sun Sweet Wake Up
Old as I am, for ladies’ love unfit, The power of beauty I remember yet.
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Myself Old Power Remember
He look’d in years, yet in his years were seen A youthful vigor, and autumnal green.
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Green Himself Youth
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
Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause.
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Fight King Mad Man Praise
The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind’s great bribe.
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Act Generous Greatness Pleasure Secret
What, start at this! when sixty years have spread. Their grey experience o’er thy hoary head? Is this the all observing age could gain? Or hast thou known the world so long in vain?
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Age Empty Experience Known Start World
And write whatever Time shall bring to pass With pens of adamant on plates of brass.
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Plate Time Writing
Nor is the people’s judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few.
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Judgment People True

Be fair, or foul, or rain, or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.

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Be fair, or foul, or rain, or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.

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