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The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

John Dryden

And write whatever Time shall bring to pass With pens of adamant on plates of brass.
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Plate Time Writing
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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Finding Himself Imperfection Mistake Secret
And plenty makes us poor.
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Poor
All flowers will droop in the absence of the sun that waked their sweets.
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Absence Flower Sun Sweet Wake Up
All heiresses are beautiful.
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Beautiful One Liner
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

Friendship Love Price Time Treat
I never saw any good that came of telling truth.
JOHN DRYDEN

Goodness Myself Talk Truth
Men’s virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes.
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Crime Freedom Tax Virtue
Fool that I was, upon my eagle’s wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.
JOHN DRYDEN

Eagle Fools Mount Myself Wings
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.
JOHN DRYDEN

Action Beautiful Fall Grace Himself People Wrong Youth
A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.
JOHN DRYDEN

Believe Easy Invisible Mindset Unknown
As one that neither seeks, nor shuns his foe.
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Enemy One Liner Seek Shine
They think too little who talk too much.
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Talk Thinking
Lucky men are favorites of Heaven.
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Favorite Heaven Man
Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings.
JOHN DRYDEN

Fake King Necessary Ruin True
What passion cannot music raise and quell!
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Music Passion Raise

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