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Beware of the fury of the patient man.

John Dryden

They live too long who happiness outlive.
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Happiness Live
The love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.
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Gift Heaven Liberty Life Love
Beware the fury of a patient man.
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Fury Man Patience
The trumpet’s loud clangor Excites us to arms.
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Excitement Loud
Griefs assured are felt before they come.
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Assurance Feeling Grief
Repentance is but want of power to sin.
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One Liner Power Regret Sin
Men’s virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes.
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Crime Freedom Tax Virtue
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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Fight Myself Rise Wound
It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, can rule nothing, but is ruled by prudence.
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Fortune Madness Prudence Rule
For secrets are edged tools, And must be kept from children and from fools.
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Children Edge Fools Secret Tools
All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.
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Glitter Gold
Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections.
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Affection Goodness Grace Principal
Faith is to believe what you do not yet see: the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.
JOHN DRYDEN

Believe Faith Grace Reward See Strength
Presence of mind and courage in distress, Are more than arrives to procure success?
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Courage Mindset Presence Success
We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.
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Chance Hot Iron Leisure
I am resolved to grow fat and look young till forty, and then slip out of the world with the first wrinkle and the reputation of five-and-twenty.
JOHN DRYDEN

Growth Myself Reputation Young

Beware of the fury of the patient man.

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