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Love and Time with reverence use, Treat them like a parting friend: Nor the golden gifts refuse Which in youth sincere they send: For each year their price is more, And they less simple than before.

John Dryden

War is the trade of kings.
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King One Liner Trade War
An horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.
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Fear Horrible Ourselves Silence Temptation
Our vows are heard betimes! and Heaven takes care To grant, before we can conclude the prayer: Preventing angels met it half the way, And sent us back to praise, who came to pray.
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Heaven Praise Prayer Promise
So the false spider, when her nets are spread, deep ambushed in her silent den does lie.
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Fake Lying Silence
War seldom enters but where wealth allures.
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Seldom War Wealth
Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.
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Brave Despair Happiness
And plenty makes us poor.
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Poor
Long pains, with use of bearing, are half eased.
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Erase Pain
Griefs assured are felt before they come.
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Assurance Feeling Grief
Youth, beauty, graceful action seldom fail: But common interest always will prevail; And pity never ceases to be shown To him who makes the people’s wrongs his own.
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Action Beautiful Fall Grace Himself People Wrong Youth
But how can finite grasp Infinity?
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Finite Grasp Infinity
If by the people you understand the multitude, the hoi polloi, ’tis no matter what they think; they are sometimes in the right, sometimes in the wrong; their judgment is a mere lottery.
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Judgement People Thinking Understand Wrong
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
For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.
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Devotion Ignorance Mom Myself Yourself
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
Treason is greatest where trust is greatest.
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Greatness Treason Trust

Love and Time with reverence use, Treat them like a parting friend: Nor the golden gifts refuse Which in youth sincere they send: For each year their price is more, And they less simple than before.

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