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And love’s the noblest frailty of the mind.

John Dryden

God never made his work for man to mend.
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God Man Mend Work
And write whatever Time shall bring to pass With pens of adamant on plates of brass.
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Plate Time Writing
Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
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Myself Poverty Soul Virtue Warm
When a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
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Judgement Life Man
Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
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Adventure First Forgiveness Reason Rule
Some of our philosophizing divines have too much exalted the faculties of our souls, when they have maintained that by their force mankind has been able to find out God.
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Divine Faculty Force God Kind Man Philosophy
We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.
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Chance Hot Iron Leisure
Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.
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Fly Joy Youth
Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.
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Love Pain Pleasure
Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
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Fools One Liner Patriot
They first condemn that first advised the ill.
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Advise Sick
The conscience of a people is their power.
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Conscience People Power
Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause.
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Fight King Mad Man Praise
Pity melts the mind to love.
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Love Mindset Pity
The love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.
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Gift Heaven Liberty Life Love
Here lies my wife: here let her lie! Now she’s at rest, and so am I.
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Lying Myself Wife

And love’s the noblest frailty of the mind.

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