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Some of our philosophizing divines have too much exalted the faculties of our souls, when they have maintained that by their force mankind has been able to find out God.

John Dryden

Virtue in distress, and vice in triumph make atheists of mankind.
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Kind Man Vice Virtue
The thought of being nothing after death is a burden insupportable to a virtuous man.
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Death Man Thinking Virtue
Pride – Lord of human kind.
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Human Kind Pride
Deathless laurel is the victor’s due.
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Death Due
No king nor nation one moment can retard the appointed hour.
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King Mad Moments Nation
Murder may pass unpunished for a time, But tardy justice will overtake the crime.
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Crime Murder Punishment Time
He is a perpetual fountain of good sense.
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Fountain Goodness Sense
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
If by the people you understand the multitude, the hoi polloi, ’tis no matter what they think; they are sometimes in the right, sometimes in the wrong; their judgment is a mere lottery.
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Judgement People Thinking Understand Wrong
Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
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Myself Poverty Soul Virtue Warm
Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun.
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Beautiful Dangerous Surface Way
Pity melts the mind to love.
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Love Mindset Pity
Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.
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Grace Known Order Place
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
Light sufferings give us leisure to complain.
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Complain Leisure Light Suffering
Here lies my wife: here let her lie! Now she’s at rest, and so am I.
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Lying Myself Wife

Some of our philosophizing divines have too much exalted the faculties of our souls, when they have maintained that by their force mankind has been able to find out God.

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