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Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise!

John Dryden

Self-defense is Nature’s eldest law.
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Defense Law Nature
He is a perpetual fountain of good sense.
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Fountain Goodness Sense
Welcome, thou kind deceiver! Thou best of thieves; who, with an easy key, Dost open life, and, unperceived by us, Even steal us from ourselves.
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Best Kind Ourselves Steal
Long pains, with use of bearing, are half eased.
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Erase Pain
I am resolved to grow fat and look young till forty, and then slip out of the world with the first wrinkle and the reputation of five-and-twenty.
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Growth Myself Reputation Young
The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature’s eye.
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Eyes Heaven Nature
A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.
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Believe Easy Invisible Mindset Unknown
Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
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Authors Enthusiasm Expectation Truth
Desire of greatness is a godlike sin.
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Desire God Greatness Sin
None but the brave deserve the fair.
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Brave Deserve Fair
Hushed as midnight silence.
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One Liner Silence
Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne’er pardon who have done wrong.
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Forgiveness Injury Wrong
Truth is the object of our understanding, as good is of our will; and the understanding can no more be delighted with a lie than the will can choose an apparent evil.
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Choice Delight Evil Lying Object Truth Understand
Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be.
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Care Destroy Happiness Man Thinking
Satire among the Romans, but not among the Greeks, was a bitter invective poem.
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Bitter Poem Satire
Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.
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Age Alone Enough Reason Strong Walk Youth

Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise!

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