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Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.

John Dryden

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.
JOHN DRYDEN

Body Break Preservation Shame Spirit
If by the people you understand the multitude, the hoi polloi, ’tis no matter what they think; they are sometimes in the right, sometimes in the wrong; their judgment is a mere lottery.
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Judgement People Thinking Understand Wrong
Desire of greatness is a godlike sin.
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Desire God Greatness Sin
Present joys are more to flesh and blood Than a dull prospect of a distant good.
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Distance Flesh Goodness Present
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
But Shakespeare’s magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
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Himself Magic Walk
Repartee is the soul of conversation.
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Conversation One Liner Soul
Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
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Authors Enthusiasm Expectation Truth
Merit challenges envy.
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Advantage Jealous One Liner
And plenty makes us poor.
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Poor
All authors to their own defects are blind.
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Author Blind Defect
The thought of being nothing after death is a burden insupportable to a virtuous man.
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Death Man Thinking Virtue
Presence of mind and courage in distress, Are more than arrives to procure success?
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Courage Mindset Presence Success
To die for faction is a common evil, But to be hanged for nonsense is the devil.
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Common Death Devil Evil
Death ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene.
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Death End Grave Kind Mourn
Virtue is her own reward.
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One Liner Reward Virtue

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.

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