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They that possess the prince possess the laws.

John Dryden

Every language is so full of its own proprieties that what is beautiful in one is often barbarous, nay, sometimes nonsense, in another.
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Beautiful Language Oneself
To die for faction is a common evil, But to be hanged for nonsense is the devil.
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Common Death Devil Evil
I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
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Freedom Man Nature Run Savage Wild
Be fair, or foul, or rain, or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.
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Fair Fate Myself Possession Rain Shine Time
Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below.
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Errors Flow Gratitude Surface
And plenty makes us poor.
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Poor
Those who write ill, and they who ne’er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.
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Criticism Revenge Writing
Treason is greatest where trust is greatest.
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Greatness Treason Trust
They live too long who happiness outlive.
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Happiness Live
Nor is the people’s judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few.
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Judgment People True
But love’s a malady without a cure.
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Cure Love
Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.
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Grace Known Order Place
Parting is worse than death; it is death of love!
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Death Love Part Worst
He trudged along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought.
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Thinking Unknown Whistle
Dreams are but interludes that fancy makes… Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behind Rush forward in the brain, and come to mind.
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Dreams Forget Forward Mindset Time
Pity only on fresh objects stays, but with the tedious sight of woes decays.
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Fresh Object Pity Sight

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

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