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Swift was the race, but short the time to run.

John Dryden

Trust on and think To-morrow will repay; To-morrow’s falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blest With some new Joys, cuts off what we possest.
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Fake Happiness Thinking Trust
Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
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Beginning Growth Small
War is the trade of kings.
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King One Liner Trade War
Words are but pictures of our thoughts.
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Ourselves Photograph Thinking Word
Sure there’s contagion in the tears of friends.
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Friendship Tears
Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness.
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Goodness Happiness Instrument Laughter Man Rate
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
Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise!
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Fury Revenge See
Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.
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Bold Goodness Starve
By education most have been misled; So they believe, because they were bred. The priest continues where the nurse began, And thus the child imposes on the man.
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Believe Children Direction Education Lost Man
The thought of being nothing after death is a burden insupportable to a virtuous man.
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Death Man Thinking Virtue
Death ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene.
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Death End Grave Kind Mourn
Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.
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Bold Fear Greatness Mask
Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.
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Brave Despair Happiness
Order is the greatest grace.
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Greatness One Liner Order Peace
Those who write ill, and they who ne’er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.
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Criticism Revenge Writing

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