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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.

John Dryden

Present joys are more to flesh and blood Than a dull prospect of a distant good.
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Distance Flesh Goodness Present
Our vows are heard betimes! and Heaven takes care To grant, before we can conclude the prayer: Preventing angels met it half the way, And sent us back to praise, who came to pray.
JOHN DRYDEN

Heaven Praise Prayer Promise
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
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
Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness.
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Goodness Happiness Instrument Laughter Man Rate
Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below.
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Errors Flow Gratitude Surface
Order is the greatest grace.
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Greatness One Liner Order Peace
Great souls forgive not injuries till time has put their enemies within their power, that they may show forgiveness is their own.
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Enemy Forgiveness Greatness Injury Power Soul Time
Death ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene.
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Death End Grave Kind Mourn
Old as I am, for ladies’ love unfit, The power of beauty I remember yet.
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Myself Old Power Remember
For they can conquer who believe they can.
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Believe Conquer
Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped; And they have kept it since by being dead.
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Cheap Death Fame
Few know the use of life before ’tis past.
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Life Past
War is the trade of kings.
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King One Liner Trade War
Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
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Beginning Growth Small
Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.
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Love Pain Pleasure

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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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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