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The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature’s eye.

John Dryden

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
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Death Fear Known
When we view elevated ideas of Nature, the result of that view is admiration, which is always the cause of pleasure.
JOHN DRYDEN

Ideas Nature Pleasure View
For those whom God to ruin has design’d, He fits for fate, and first destroys their mind.
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Design God Mindset Ruin
Many things impossible to thought have been by need to full perfection brought.
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Brought Impossible Need Perfection
Silence in times of suffering is the best.
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Best Silence Suffering Time
If all the world be worth thy winning. / Think, oh think it worth enjoying: / Lovely Thaïs sits beside thee, / Take the good the gods provide thee.
JOHN DRYDEN

God Goodness Love Thinking World
Order is the greatest grace.
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Greatness One Liner Order Peace
Nor is the people’s judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few.
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Judgment People True
And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require.
JOHN DRYDEN

Corruption Faith Freedom Need Scripture Sufficient
For secrets are edged tools, And must be kept from children and from fools.
JOHN DRYDEN

Children Edge Fools Secret Tools
If the faults of men in orders are only to be judged among themselves, they are all in some sort parties; for, since they say the honour of their order is concerned in every member of it, how can we be sure that they will be impartial judges?
JOHN DRYDEN

Honor Judgement Man Member Mistake Order
He is a perpetual fountain of good sense.
JOHN DRYDEN

Fountain Goodness Sense
Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
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Degree River Sea
None would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain; And, from the dregs of life, think to receive, What the first sprightly running could not give.
JOHN DRYDEN

Hope Life Live Pleasure Run Thinking
Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
JOHN DRYDEN

Anger Cherish Disappear Forget
There is a pleasure in being mad, which none but madmen know.
JOHN DRYDEN

Known Mad Pleasure

The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature’s eye.

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