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I never saw any good that came of telling truth.

John Dryden

Pity melts the mind to love.
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Love Mindset Pity
No king nor nation one moment can retard the appointed hour.
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King Mad Moments Nation
Seas are the fields of combat for the winds; but when they sweep along some flowery coast, their wings move mildly, and their rage is lost.
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Lost Mild Rage Sea Wind
Faith is to believe what you do not yet see: the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.
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Believe Faith Grace Reward See Strength
All objects lose by too familiar a view.
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Familiar Lose Object View
So the false spider, when her nets are spread, deep ambushed in her silent den does lie.
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Fake Lying Silence
Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
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Courage Growth Heart
Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.
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Cement Foundation Knowledge Society Truth
Sure there is none but fears a future state; And when the most obdurate swear they do not, Their trembling hearts belie their boasting tongues.
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Future Heart State Tongue Tremble
Virgil and Horace were the severest writers of the severest age.
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Age Writing
Virtue is her own reward.
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One Liner Reward Virtue
Deathless laurel is the victor’s due.
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Death Due
Sculptors are obliged to follow the manners of the painters, and to make many ample folds, which are unsufferable hardness, and more like a rock than a natural garment.
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Follow Natural Obligation Paint Rock Sculptor
I never saw any good that came of telling truth.
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Goodness Myself Talk Truth
Love is love’s reward.
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Love One Liner Reward
Every age has a kind of universal genius, which inclines those that live in it to some particular studies.
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Age Genius Kind Live Study Universe

I never saw any good that came of telling truth.

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