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The conscience of a people is their power.

John Dryden

For age but tastes of pleasures youth devours.
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Age Devour Pleasure Taste Youth
Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.
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Grace Known Order Place
Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne’er pardon who have done wrong.
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Forgiveness Injury Wrong
They, who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men.
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Authority Better General Man Opinion Understand
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
But when to sin our biased nature leans, The careful Devil is still at hand with means; And providently pimps for ill desires.
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Desire Hands Nature Sick Sin
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
Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
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Anger Cherish Disappear Forget
Youth, beauty, graceful action seldom fail: But common interest always will prevail; And pity never ceases to be shown To him who makes the people’s wrongs his own.
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Action Beautiful Fall Grace Himself People Wrong Youth
Repentance is but want of power to sin.
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One Liner Power Regret Sin
All objects lose by too familiar a view.
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Familiar Lose Object View
Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more.
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Nature Obligation Response Trust
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
Politicians neither love nor hate.
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Hate Love Politics
Deathless laurel is the victor’s due.
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Death Due
Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.
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Grace Strength

The conscience of a people is their power.

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