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12 Quotes for 'John Armstrong' in the Database.
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Weak withering age no rigid law forbids.
With frugal nectar, smooth and slow with balm,
The sapless habit daily to bedew,
And give the hesitating wheels of life
Gliblier to play.
Topic: Age
Source: Art of Preserving Health (bk. II, l. 484)
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'Tis not for mortals always to be blest.
Topic: Blessings
Source: Art of Preserving Health (bk. IV, l. 260)
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Of right and wrong he taught
Truths as refined as ever Athens heard;
And (strange to tell) he practis'd what he preach'd.
Topic: Consistency
Source: Art of Preserving Health (bk. IV, l. 301)
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Know then, whatever cheerful and serene
Supports the mind, supports the body too:
Hence, the most vital movement mortals feel
Is hope, the balm and lifeblood of the soul.
Topic: Hope
Source: Art of Preserving Health (bk. IV, l. 310)
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Our greatest good, and what we least can spare,
Is hope: the last of all our evils, fear.
Topic: Hope
Source: Art of Preserving Health (bk. IV, l. 318)
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Music exalts each joy, allays each grief,
Expels diseases, softens every pain,
Subdues the rage of poison, and the plague.
Topic: Music
Source: Art of Preserving Health (bk. IV, l. 512)
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Of right and wrong he taught
Truths as refined as ever Athens heard;
And (strange to tell) he practis'd what he preach'd.
Topic: Preaching
Source: Art of Preserving Health (bk. IV, l. 301)
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How happy he whose toil
Has o'er his languid pow'rless limbs diffus'd
A pleasing lassitude; he not in vain
Invokes the gentle Deity of dreams.
His pow'rs the most voluptuously dissolve
In soft repose; on him the balmy dews
Of Sleep with double nutriment descend.
Topic: Sleep
Source: The Art of Preserving Health (bk. III, l. 385)
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Virtue and sense are one; and, trust me, still
A faithless heart betrays the head unsound.
Topic: Virtue
Source: Art of Preserving Health (bk. IV, l. 265)
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Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul,
Is the best gift of Heaven: a happiness
That even above the smiles and frowns of fate
Exalts great Nature's favourites: a wealth
That ne'er encumbers, nor can be transferr'd.
Topic: Virtue
Source: Art of Preserving Health (bk. IV, l. 284)
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There are, while human miseries abound,
A thousand ways to waste superfluous wealth,
Without one fool or flatterer at your board,
Without one hour of sickness or disgust.
Topic: Wealth
Source: Art of Preserving Health (bk. II, l. 195)
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This restless world
Is full of chances, which by habit's power
To learn to bear is easier than to shun.
Topic: World
Source: Art of Preserving Health (bk. II, l. 453)
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