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Satire is a kind of poetry in which human vices are reprehended.

John Dryden

Youth, beauty, graceful action seldom fail: But common interest always will prevail; And pity never ceases to be shown To him who makes the people’s wrongs his own.
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Action Beautiful Fall Grace Himself People Wrong Youth
Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
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Fools One Liner Patriot
There’s a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks.
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Gift Modesty Proud Time
Virgil and Horace were the severest writers of the severest age.
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Age Writing
What passion cannot music raise and quell!
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Music Passion Raise
Treason is greatest where trust is greatest.
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Greatness Treason Trust
While I am compassed round With mirth, my soul lies hid in shades of grief, Whence, like the bird of night, with half-shut eyes, She peeps, and sickens at the sight of day.
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Day Eyes Round Shade Sight Soul
Blown roses hold their sweetness to the last.
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Hold Last Sweet
Pride – Lord of human kind.
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Human Kind Pride
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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Desire Hands Nature Sick Sin
For they can conquer who believe they can.
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Believe Conquer
The bravest men are subject most to chance.
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Brave Chance Man Subject
What precious drops are those, Which silently each other’s track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?
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Dew Precious Pursue Track Young
By education most have been misled.
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Direction Education One Liner
Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.
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Grace Known Order Place
Swift was the race, but short the time to run.
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Race Run Swift Time
Words are but pictures of our thoughts.
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Ourselves Photograph Thinking Word
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
There is a proud modesty in merit.
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Advantage Modesty Proud
All authors to their own defects are blind.
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Author Blind Defect
God never made his work for man to mend.
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God Man Mend Work
For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.
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Devotion Ignorance Mom Myself Yourself
Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
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Anger Cherish Disappear Forget
All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
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Decay Monarch Obedience Subject
They say everything in the world is good for something.
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Goodness Karma World
Love is not in our choice but in our fate.
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Choice Fate Love
When a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
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Judgement Life Man

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