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A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.

John Dryden

Men’s virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes.
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Crime Freedom Tax Virtue
The thought of being nothing after death is a burden insupportable to a virtuous man.
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Death Man Thinking Virtue
Affability, mildness, tenderness, and a word which I would fain bring back to its original signification of virtue,–I mean good-nature,–are of daily use; they are the bread of mankind and staff of life.
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Life Man Origin Virtue Word
Our vows are heard betimes! and Heaven takes care To grant, before we can conclude the prayer: Preventing angels met it half the way, And sent us back to praise, who came to pray.
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Heaven Praise Prayer Promise
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
Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne’er pardon who have done wrong.
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Forgiveness Injury Wrong
Much malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.
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Infidelity Mysterious Thinking
All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.
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Glitter Gold
When I consider life, ’tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think tomorrow will repay. Tomorrow’s falser than the former day.
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Cheat Day False Fools Life
He who would pry behind the scenes oft sees a counterfeit.
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Himself Scene
All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
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Decay Monarch Obedience Subject
Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections.
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Affection Goodness Grace Principal
Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.
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Grace Known Order Place
Let Fortune empty her whole quiver on me, I have a soul that, like an ample shield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more; Fate was not mine, nor am I Fate’s: Souls know no conquerors.
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Empty Enough Fortune Myself Soul
Fiction is of the essence of poetry as well as of painting; there is a resemblance in one of human bodies, things, and actions which are not real, and in the other of a true story by fiction.
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Action Essence Fiction Human Poetry Story
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.
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Anger Cherish Disappear Forget

A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.

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