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He look’d in years, yet in his years were seen A youthful vigor, and autumnal green.

John Dryden

Old age creeps on us where we think it night.
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Age Night Old Ourselves
Parting is worse than death; it is death of love!
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Death Love Part Worst
Virgil and Horace were the severest writers of the severest age.
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Age Writing
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
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Character Habit Inspirational Nature Ourselves
Much malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.
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Infidelity Mysterious Thinking
Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.
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Fly Joy Youth
No king nor nation one moment can retard the appointed hour.
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King Mad Moments Nation
Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
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Alone Day Happiness Live Man Myself Secure Worst
Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.
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Performance Quick Slow
An hour will come, with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.
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Benefit Fate Pleasure Relate Sorrow Time
Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.
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Cement Foundation Knowledge Society Truth
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
Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.
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Different Fools Love Mindset Wisdom
If by the people you understand the multitude, the hoi polloi, ’tis no matter what they think; they are sometimes in the right, sometimes in the wrong; their judgment is a mere lottery.
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Judgement People Thinking Understand Wrong
All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.
JOHN DRYDEN

Glitter Gold

He look’d in years, yet in his years were seen A youthful vigor, and autumnal green.

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