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Merit challenges envy.

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
But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
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Numerous Talk Thinking
Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.
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Age Alone Enough Reason Strong Walk Youth
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
The bravest men are subject most to chance.
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Brave Chance Man Subject
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
Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.
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Body Break Preservation Shame Spirit
What precious drops are those, Which silently each other’s track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?
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Dew Precious Pursue Track Young
War seldom enters but where wealth allures.
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Seldom War Wealth
Few know the use of life before ’tis past.
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Life Past
Desire of greatness is a godlike sin.
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Desire God Greatness Sin
Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
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Alone Day Happiness Live Man Myself Secure Worst
Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
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Death Fear Known
All flowers will droop in the absence of the sun that waked their sweets.
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Absence Flower Sun Sweet Wake Up
What passion cannot music raise and quell!
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Music Passion Raise

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