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What precious drops are those, Which silently each other’s track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?

John Dryden

They that possess the prince possess the laws.
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Law Possession Prince
All authors to their own defects are blind.
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Author Blind Defect
Pride – Lord of human kind.
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Human Kind Pride
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.
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Future Heart State Tongue Tremble
Death ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene.
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Death End Grave Kind Mourn
Seas are the fields of combat for the winds; but when they sweep along some flowery coast, their wings move mildly, and their rage is lost.
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Lost Mild Rage Sea Wind
Blown roses hold their sweetness to the last.
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Hold Last Sweet
Light sufferings give us leisure to complain.
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Complain Leisure Light Suffering
Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.
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Bound Divison Greatness Intelligence Mad
Merit challenges envy.
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Advantage Jealous One Liner
Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne’er pardon who have done wrong.
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Forgiveness Injury Wrong
If thou dost still retain the same ill habits, the same follies, too, still thou art bound to vice, and still a slave.
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Bound Habit Slave Vice
While I am compassed round With mirth, my soul lies hid in shades of grief, Whence, like the bird of night, with half-shut eyes, She peeps, and sickens at the sight of day.
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Day Eyes Round Shade Sight Soul
We can never be grieved for their miseries who are thoroughly wicked, and have thereby justly called their calamities on themselves.
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Adversity Grief Misery Wicket
He who would search for pearls must dive below.
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Himself Pearl Search
Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts.
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Confidence Fact Known

What precious drops are those, Which silently each other’s track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?

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