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What passion cannot music raise and quell!

John Dryden

He who would pry behind the scenes oft sees a counterfeit.
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Himself Scene
Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings.
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Fake King Necessary Ruin True
But Shakespeare’s magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
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Himself Magic Walk
They think too little who talk too much.
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Talk Thinking
Order is the greatest grace.
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Greatness One Liner Order Peace
For they can conquer who believe they can.
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Believe Conquer
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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Continue End Goodness Grace Principal Virtue
Lucky men are favorites of Heaven.
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Favorite Heaven Man
The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind’s great bribe.
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Act Generous Greatness Pleasure Secret
What passion cannot music raise and quell!
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Music Passion Raise
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
For age but tastes of pleasures youth devours.
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Age Devour Pleasure Taste Youth
Take not away the life you cannot give: For all things have an equal right to live.
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Equality Life Live Right
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
Seas are the fields of combat for the winds; but when they sweep along some flowery coast, their wings move mildly, and their rage is lost.
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Lost Mild Rage Sea Wind
Those who write ill, and they who ne’er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.
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Criticism Revenge Writing

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