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None but the brave deserve the fair.

John Dryden

A farce is that in poetry which grotesque (caricature) is in painting. The persons and actions of a farce are all unnatural, and the manners false, that is, inconsistent with the characters of mankind; and grotesque painting is the just resemblance of this.
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Character Kind Man Natural Painting Person Poetry
The bravest men are subject most to chance.
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Brave Chance Man Subject
He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
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Fear Learning Lesson
They live too long who happiness outlive.
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Happiness Live
By education most have been misled.
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Direction Education One Liner
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.
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Action Beautiful Fall Grace Himself People Wrong Youth
Hushed as midnight silence.
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One Liner Silence
Keen appetite And quick digestion wait on you and yours.
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Appetite Digestion Quick Yourself
Griefs assured are felt before they come.
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Assurance Feeling Grief
Time glides with undiscover’d haste; The future but a length behind the past.
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Discover Future Glide Haste Length Past
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
Deathless laurel is the victor’s due.
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Death Due
Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.
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Body Break Preservation Shame Spirit
When a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
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Judgement Life Man
They think too little who talk too much.
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Talk Thinking
Virtue is her own reward.
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One Liner Reward Virtue

None but the brave deserve the fair.

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