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21. Interest makes all seem reason that

First Line:: Interest makes all seem reason that
Last Line:: Leads towards it
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 19174

22. Long pains with use of bearing are half eased

First Line:: Long pains with use of bearing are half eased
Last Line:: -
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 20193

23. I never speak | Not when alone for fear some fiend should hear

First Line:: I never speak | Not when alone for fear some fiend should hear
Last Line:: And blab my secret out
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute) & Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:: 20756

24. Ill customs by degrees to habits rise

First Line:: Ill customs by degrees to habits rise
Last Line:: As brooks make rivers rivers turn to seas
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9552

25. Just notions will into good actions grow

First Line:: Just notions will into good actions grow
Last Line:: And blinded error draws the passive will
Author:: Samuel Cobb (Confident)
DMI number:: 9470

26. Let fools the name of loyalty divide

First Line:: Let fools the name of loyalty divide
Last Line:: Wise men and gods are on the strongest side
Author:: Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 19753

27. Oft wisdom is to sloth too great a slave

First Line:: Oft 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:: 9563

28. Patience in cowards is tame hopeless fear

First Line:: Patience in cowards is tame hopeless fear
Last Line:: But in brave minds a scorn of what they bear
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute) & Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5549

29. Our life can never be securely blessed

First Line:: Our life can never be securely blessed
Last Line:: Heaven punishes the bad and proves the best
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9593

30. Receive my counsel and securely move

First Line:: Receive my counsel and securely move
Last Line:: Our future offspring and our wives are known
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30257