Of all the tyrannies on human kind the worst is that which persecutes the mind.

JOHN DRYDEN

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Of all the tyrannies on human kind the worst is that which persecutes the mind.

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Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun.

JOHN DRYDEN

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun.
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Dangerous Way
Merit challenges envy.

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Merit challenges envy.
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Jealous
A woman’s counsel brought us first to woe, And made her man his paradise forego, Where at heart’s ease he liv’d; and might have been As free from sorrow as he was from sin.

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A woman’s counsel brought us first to woe, And made her man his paradise forego, Where at heart’s ease he liv’d; and might have been As free from sorrow as he was from sin.
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Paradise
Let Fortune empty her whole quiver on me, I have a soul that, like an ample shield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more; Fate was not mine, nor am I Fate’s: Souls know no conquerors.

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Let Fortune empty her whole quiver on me, I have a soul that, like an ample shield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more; Fate was not mine, nor am I Fate’s: Souls know no conquerors.
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Fortune
Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

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Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
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First
O freedom, first delight of human kind!

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O freedom, first delight of human kind!
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Delight
Hushed as midnight silence.

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Hushed as midnight silence.
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Self-defense is Nature’s eldest law.

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Self-defense is Nature’s eldest law.
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Defense
There is a proud modesty in merit.
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Modesty
Love is not in our choice but in our fate.
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Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil.

JOHN DRYDEN

Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil.
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Theme
So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.

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So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.
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Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought, Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught, The wise, for cure, on exercise depend; God never made his work for man to mend.

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Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought, Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught, The wise, for cure, on exercise depend; God never made his work for man to mend.
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But Shakespeare’s magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he.

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But Shakespeare’s magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
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Parting is worse than death; it is death of love!

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Parting is worse than death; it is death of love!
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Part
Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

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Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.
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Bold

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