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11.
Errors like straws upon the surface flow
First Line:
Errors like straws upon the surface flow
Last Line:
Those that would search for truth or pearl must dive below
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
36786
12.
Empire over the sea and main
First Line:
Empire over the sea and main
Last Line:
And can never be made a slave
DMI number:
39855
13.
Forgiveness to the injured does belong
First Line:
Forgiveness to the injured does belong
Last Line:
But they never pardon who have done the wrong
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9568
14.
For wishes often are extravagant
First Line:
For wishes often are extravagant
Last Line:
It mount above and leaves poor hope behind
DMI number:
21400
15.
Great sold forgive not injuries till time
First Line:
Great sold forgive not injuries till time
Last Line:
The coward not the king
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20195
16.
Greatness most envied when least understood
First Line:
Greatness most envied when least understood
Last Line:
To be more wretched than the vulgar can
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
18992
17.
Good heaven that fools and knaves should be so vain
First Line:
Good heaven that fools and knaves should be so vain
Last Line:
To future days a libel and a jest
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
37677
18.
He who trusts a secret to his servant
First Line:
He who trusts a secret to his servant
Last Line:
Makes his own man his master
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20761
19.
Honour's | A painful burden which great minds must bear
First Line:
Honour's | A painful burden which great minds must bear
Last Line:
Obtained with danger and possessed with fear
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5663
20.
How wretchedly he rules
First Line:
How wretchedly he rules
Last Line:
That's served by cowards and advised by fools
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19220
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