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

John Dryden

Beware of the fury of the patient man.
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Beware Man Patience
War is the trade of kings.
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King One Liner Trade War
The thought of being nothing after death is a burden insupportable to a virtuous man.
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Death Man Thinking Virtue
Sure there’s contagion in the tears of friends.
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Friendship Tears
I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
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Freedom Man Nature Run Savage Wild
While I am compassed round With mirth, my soul lies hid in shades of grief, Whence, like the bird of night, with half-shut eyes, She peeps, and sickens at the sight of day.
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Day Eyes Round Shade Sight Soul
They say everything in the world is good for something.
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Goodness Karma World
For they can conquer who believe they can.
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Believe Conquer
Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.
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Cement Foundation Knowledge Society Truth
Much malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.
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Infidelity Mysterious Thinking
Keen appetite And quick digestion wait on you and yours.
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Appetite Digestion Quick Yourself
The conscience of a people is their power.
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Conscience People Power
War seldom enters but where wealth allures.
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Seldom War Wealth
Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
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Authors Enthusiasm Expectation Truth
Riches cannot rescue from the grave, which claims alike the monarch and the slave.
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Claim Grave Rich Slave
No government has ever been, or can ever be, wherein time-servers and blockheads will not be uppermost.
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Block Government Time

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

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