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They that possess the prince possess the laws.

John Dryden

Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthly mother ten, Man looks aloft; and with erected eyes Beholds his own hereditary skies.
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Creation Earth Eyes Man Mom Sky Soft
Satire among the Romans, but not among the Greeks, was a bitter invective poem.
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Bitter Poem Satire
When a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
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Judgement Life Man
Fattened in vice, so callous and so gross, he sins and sees not, senseless of his loss.
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Himself Loss See Vice
Welcome, thou kind deceiver! Thou best of thieves; who, with an easy key, Dost open life, and, unperceived by us, Even steal us from ourselves.
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Best Kind Ourselves Steal
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
The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.
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Himself Man Son Treat
The conscience of a people is their power.
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Conscience People Power
Love is love’s reward.
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Love One Liner Reward
But Shakespeare’s magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
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Himself Magic Walk
Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.
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Continue End Goodness Grace Principal Virtue
Blown roses hold their sweetness to the last.
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Hold Last Sweet
For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.
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Art Miss Mistake Nature
For they can conquer who believe they can.
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Believe Conquer
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
All flowers will droop in the absence of the sun that waked their sweets.
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Absence Flower Sun Sweet Wake Up

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

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