Take not away the life you cannot give: For all things have an equal right to live.
JOHN DRYDEN
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Take not away the life you cannot give: For all things have an equal right to live.
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Sure there’s contagion in the tears of friends.
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Much malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.
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When a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
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Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.
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Death ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene.
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Old as I am, for ladies’ love unfit, The power of beauty I remember yet.
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But Shakespeare’s magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
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If passion rules, how weak does reason prove!
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Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause.
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The trumpet’s loud clangor Excites us to arms.
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Desire of greatness is a godlike sin.
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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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We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.
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Griefs assured are felt before they come.
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The thought of being nothing after death is a burden insupportable to a virtuous man.
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