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Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.

John Dryden

Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today: 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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Live Myself Past Power Rain Shine Worst
Nor is the people’s judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few.
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Judgment People True
There is a proud modesty in merit.
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Advantage Modesty Proud
And love’s the noblest frailty of the mind.
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Fragile Love Mindset
Silence in times of suffering is the best.
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Best Silence Suffering Time
Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.
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Love Pain Pleasure
Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be.
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Care Destroy Happiness Man Thinking
The bravest men are subject most to chance.
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Brave Chance Man Subject
We can never be grieved for their miseries who are thoroughly wicked, and have thereby justly called their calamities on themselves.
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Adversity Grief Misery Wicket
He look’d in years, yet in his years were seen A youthful vigor, and autumnal green.
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Green Himself Youth
For secrets are edged tools, And must be kept from children and from fools.
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Children Edge Fools Secret Tools
Deathless laurel is the victor’s due.
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Death Due
Love is not in our choice but in our fate.
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Choice Fate Love
Pride – Lord of human kind.
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Human Kind Pride
If the faults of men in orders are only to be judged among themselves, they are all in some sort parties; for, since they say the honour of their order is concerned in every member of it, how can we be sure that they will be impartial judges?
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Honor Judgement Man Member Mistake Order
For age but tastes of pleasures youth devours.
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Age Devour Pleasure Taste Youth

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.

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