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31. Secrets are edged tools

First Line:: Secrets are edged tools
Last Line:: And must be kept from children and from fools
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 20679

32. Self-preservation is the first of laws

First Line:: Self-preservation is the first of laws
Last Line:: To cut for them when self-defence requires it
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 20392

33. Severe decrees may keep our tongues in awe

First Line:: Severe decrees may keep our tongues in awe
Last Line:: Your crimes and your own conscience be your hell
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5532

34. So blind we are our wishes are so vain

First Line:: So blind we are our wishes are so vain
Last Line:: That what we most desire proves most our pain
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 21399

35. That gloomy outisde like a rusty chest

First Line:: That gloomy outisde like a rusty chest
Last Line:: Resolved and brave
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 19352

36. The conscience is the test of every mind

First Line:: The conscience is the test of every mind
Last Line:: Seek not thy self without thy self to find
DMI number:: 39363

37. The rose is fragrant but it fades in time

First Line:: The rose is fragrant but it fades in time
Last Line:: And whiter snow in minutes melts away
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30380

38. The labouring bee when his sharp sting is gone

First Line:: The labouring bee when his sharp sting is gone
Last Line:: To make fine fools of you and all your parts
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17534

39. Thus wisdom is to sloth too great a slave

First Line:: Thus wisdom is to sloth too great a slave
Last Line:: None are so busy as the fool and knave
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6019

40. Tis cheap to pardon when you would not pay

First Line:: Tis cheap to pardon when you would not pay
Last Line:: -
DMI number:: 20196