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 DRYDENWhat passion cannot music raise and quell!
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O freedom, first delight of human kind!
JOHN DRYDENO freedom, first delight of human kind!
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God never made his work for man to mend.
JOHN DRYDENGod never made his work for man to mend.
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Hushed as midnight silence.
JOHN DRYDENHushed as midnight silence.
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The conscience of a people is their power.
JOHN DRYDENThe conscience of a people is their power.
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Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause.
JOHN DRYDENKings fight for empires, madmen for applause.
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Present joys are more to flesh and blood Than a dull prospect of a distant good.
JOHN DRYDENPresent joys are more to flesh and blood Than a dull prospect of a distant good.
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And plenty makes us poor.
JOHN DRYDENAnd plenty makes us poor.
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If you have lived, take thankfully the past. Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last.
JOHN DRYDENIf you have lived, take thankfully the past. Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last.
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Our souls sit close and silently within, And their own web from their own entrails spin; And when eyes meet far off, our sense is such, That, spider-like, we feel the tenderest touch.
JOHN DRYDENOur souls sit close and silently within, And their own web from their own entrails spin; And when eyes meet far off, our sense is such, That, spider-like, we feel the tenderest touch.
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Beware the fury of a patient man.
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The bravest men are subject most to chance.
JOHN DRYDENThe bravest men are subject most to chance.
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Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
JOHN DRYDENAnger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
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Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.
JOHN DRYDENBold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.
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Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.
JOHN DRYDENReason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.
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Take not away the life you cannot give: For all things have an equal right to live.
JOHN DRYDENTake not away the life you cannot give: For all things have an equal right to live.
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