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They think too little who talk too much.

John Dryden

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
Old as I am, for ladies’ love unfit, The power of beauty I remember yet.
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Myself Old Power Remember
A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth.
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Cheating Man Passion Reason Truth
He is a perpetual fountain of good sense.
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Fountain Goodness Sense
The thought of being nothing after death is a burden insupportable to a virtuous man.
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Death Man Thinking Virtue
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
Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness.
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Goodness Happiness Instrument Laughter Man Rate
All empire is no more than power in trust.
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Empire Power Trust
Secret guilt is by silence revealed.
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Guilty Reveal Secret Silence
The bravest men are subject most to chance.
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Brave Chance Man Subject
Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.
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Children Crave Growth Man
Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.
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Love Pain Pleasure
All flowers will droop in the absence of the sun that waked their sweets.
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Absence Flower Sun Sweet Wake Up
When a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
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Judgement Life Man
Silence in times of suffering is the best.
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Best Silence Suffering Time
War is the trade of kings.
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King One Liner Trade War

They think too little who talk too much.

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