Old age creeps on us where we think it night.
JOHN DRYDENMurder may pass unpunished for a time, But tardy justice will overtake the crime.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Love is not in our choice but in our fate.
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Repentance is but want of power to sin.
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All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.
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A farce is that in poetry which grotesque (caricature) is in painting. The persons and actions of a farce are all unnatural, and the manners false, that is, inconsistent with the characters of mankind; and grotesque painting is the just resemblance of this.
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Satire among the Romans, but not among the Greeks, was a bitter invective poem.
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Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below.
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Luxurious kings are to their people lost, They live like drones, upon the public cost.
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By education most have been misled.
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He trudged along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought.
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There is a pleasure in being mad, which none but madmen know.
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Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.
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All heiresses are beautiful.
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The winds are out of breath.
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A good conscience is a port which is landlocked on every side, where no winds can possibly invade. There a man may not only see his own image, but that of his Maker, clearly reflected from the undisturbed waters.
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He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.
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