Sure there is none but fears a future state; And when the most obdurate swear they do not, Their trembling hearts belie their boasting tongues.
JOHN DRYDENLet Fortune empty her whole quiver on me, I have a soul that, like an ample shield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more; Fate was not mine, nor am I Fate’s: Souls know no conquerors.
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Since every man who lives is born to die, And none can boast sincere felicity, With equal mind, what happens, let us bear, Nor joy nor grieve too much for things beyond our care. Like pilgrims to the’ appointed place we tend; The world’s an inn, and death the journey’s end.
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Freedom which in no other land will thrive, Freedom an English subject’s sole prerogative.
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Secret guilt is by silence revealed.
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Hushed as midnight silence.
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And love’s the noblest frailty of the mind.
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We by art unteach what Nature taught.
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Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
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Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.
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For they can conquer who believe they can.
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Treason is greatest where trust is greatest.
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None but the brave deserve the fair.
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No king nor nation one moment can retard the appointed hour.
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Merit challenges envy.
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Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.
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Virgil and Horace were the severest writers of the severest age.
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