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Time and death shall depart and say in flying Love has found out a way to live, by dying.

John Dryden

Every age has a kind of universal genius, which inclines those that live in it to some particular studies.
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Age Genius Kind Live Study Universe
Time glides with undiscover’d haste; The future but a length behind the past.
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Discover Future Glide Haste Length Past
Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections.
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Affection Goodness Grace Principal
When a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
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Judgement Life Man
A farce is that in poetry which grotesque (caricature) is in painting. The persons and actions of a farce are all unnatural, and the manners false, that is, inconsistent with the characters of mankind; and grotesque painting is the just resemblance of this.
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Character Kind Man Natural Painting Person Poetry
All authors to their own defects are blind.
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Author Blind Defect
Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
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Death Fear Known
Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.
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Fly Joy Youth
Repentance is but want of power to sin.
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One Liner Power Regret Sin
Politicians neither love nor hate.
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Hate Love Politics
Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
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Fools One Liner Patriot
Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought, Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught, The wise, for cure, on exercise depend; God never made his work for man to mend.
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Better Health Himself Man Work
And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require.
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Corruption Faith Freedom Need Scripture Sufficient
By education most have been misled.
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Direction Education One Liner
Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings.
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Fake King Necessary Ruin True
Sure there’s contagion in the tears of friends.
JOHN DRYDEN

Friendship Tears

Time and death shall depart and say in flying Love has found out a way to live, by dying.

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