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He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.

John Dryden

No government has ever been, or can ever be, wherein time-servers and blockheads will not be uppermost.
JOHN DRYDEN

Block Government Time
They that possess the prince possess the laws.
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Law Possession Prince
Pity melts the mind to love.
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Love Mindset Pity
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
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
But love’s a malady without a cure.
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Cure Love
Satire among the Romans, but not among the Greeks, was a bitter invective poem.
JOHN DRYDEN

Bitter Poem Satire
Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.
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Cement Foundation Knowledge Society Truth
Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.
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Bold Fear Greatness Mask
What precious drops are those, Which silently each other’s track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?
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Dew Precious Pursue Track Young
A happy genius is the gift of nature.
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Genius Gift Happy Nature
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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Choice Delight Evil Lying Object Truth Understand
Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise!
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Fury Revenge See
A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth.
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Cheating Man Passion Reason Truth
Desire of greatness is a godlike sin.
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Desire God Greatness Sin
Affability, mildness, tenderness, and a word which I would fain bring back to its original signification of virtue,–I mean good-nature,–are of daily use; they are the bread of mankind and staff of life.
JOHN DRYDEN

Life Man Origin Virtue Word

He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.

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