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Men’s virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes.

John Dryden

Shakespeare was the Homer, or father of our dramatic poets;Jonson was theVirgil, the pattern of elaborate writing; I admire him, but I love Shakespeare.
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Admire Drama Father Himself Home Poet Writing
All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
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Decay Monarch Obedience Subject
When a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
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Judgement Life Man
Nothing to build, and all things to destroy.
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Build Destroy
Griefs assured are felt before they come.
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Assurance Feeling Grief
We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.
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Chance Hot Iron Leisure
None, none descends into himself, to find The secret imperfections of his mind: But every one is eagle-ey’d to see Another’s faults, and his deformity.
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Finding Himself Imperfection Mistake Secret
If all the world be worth thy winning. / Think, oh think it worth enjoying: / Lovely Thaïs sits beside thee, / Take the good the gods provide thee.
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God Goodness Love Thinking World
For what can power give more than food and drink, To live at ease, and not be bound to think?
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Bound Drink Food Live Power Thinking
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
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
Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil.
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Himself Judgement Praise Theme
So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.
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Death Dreams Heaven Herself Life Success
O freedom, first delight of human kind!
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Delight Freedom Human Kind
All objects lose by too familiar a view.
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Familiar Lose Object View
Satire is a kind of poetry in which human vices are reprehended.
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Human Kind Poetry Satire Vice

Men’s virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes.

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