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Equally inured by moderation either state to bear, prosperous or adverse.

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Nor turned I ween Adam from his fair spouse, nor Eve the rites Mysterious of connubial love refused: Whatever hypocrites austerely talk Of purity and place and innocence, Defaming as impure what God declares Pure, and commands to some, leaves free to all.

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Sport, that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastic toe.

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Is it true, O Christ in heaven, that the highest suffer the most? That the strongest wander furthest and most hopelessly are lost? That the mark of rank in nature is capacity for pain? That the anguish of the singer makes the sweetness of the strain?

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Imparadis'd in one another's arms.

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No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free.

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Time is the subtle thief of youth.

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Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; for no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them.

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They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet Quaff immortality and joy.

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O shame to men! Devil with devil damned Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational, though under hope Of heavenly grace: and God proclaiming peace, Yet live in hatred, enmity, and strife Among themselves, and levy cruel wars, Wasting the earth, each other to destroy: As if (which might induce us to accord) Man had not hellish foes enough besides, That day and night for his destruction wait.

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Ah gentle pair, ye little think how nigh Your change approaches, when all these delights Will vanish and deliver ye to woe, More woe, the more your taste is now of joy.

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I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.

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So much I feel my genial spirits droop, My hopes all flat, nature within me seems In her functions weary of herself.

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O fleeting joys Of Paradise, dear bought with lasting woes!

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'Paradise Lost' is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is.

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What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. 1 Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 22.

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Demoniac frenzy, moping melancholy.

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Darkness now rose, as daylight sunk, and brought in low'ring Night her shadowy offspring.

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For Solomon, he lived at ease, and full Of honour, wealth, high fare, aimed not beyond Higher design than to enjoy his state.

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Solitude is sometimes the best society.

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