They that possess the prince possess the laws.
JOHN DRYDENTruth is the object of our understanding, as good is of our will; and the understanding can no more be delighted with a lie than the will can choose an apparent evil.
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Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections.
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A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth.
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Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.
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Order is the greatest grace.
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But how can finite grasp Infinity?
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An horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.
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None, none descends into himself, to find The secret imperfections of his mind: But every one is eagle-ey’d to see Another’s faults, and his deformity.
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Truth is the object of our understanding, as good is of our will; and the understanding can no more be delighted with a lie than the will can choose an apparent evil.
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It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, can rule nothing, but is ruled by prudence.
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What precious drops are those, Which silently each other’s track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?
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Pity only on fresh objects stays, but with the tedious sight of woes decays.
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For age but tastes of pleasures youth devours.
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We by art unteach what Nature taught.
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Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
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Long pains, with use of bearing, are half eased.
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