Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise!
JOHN DRYDENRepentance is but want of power to sin.
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But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
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For those whom God to ruin has design’d, He fits for fate, and first destroys their mind.
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War is the trade of kings.
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We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
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The trumpet’s loud clangor Excites us to arms.
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Not sharp revenge, nor hell itself can find, A fiercer torment than a guilty mind, Which day and night doth dreadfully accuse, Condemns the wretch, and still the charge renews.
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Griefs assured are felt before they come.
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They first condemn that first advised the ill.
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Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.
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Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.
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Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.
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Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
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Truth is the object of our understanding, as good is of our will; and the understanding can no more be delighted with a lie than the will can choose an apparent evil.
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More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store.
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Keen appetite And quick digestion wait on you and yours.
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