Beware the fury of a patient man.
JOHN DRYDENDancing is the poetry of the foot.
More John Dryden Quotes
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A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth.
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Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.
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Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil.
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None, none descends into himself, to find The secret imperfections of his mind: But every one is eagle-ey’d to see Another’s faults, and his deformity.
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For all the happiness mankind can gain Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain.
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He who would pry behind the scenes oft sees a counterfeit.
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Virtue is her own reward.
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They first condemn that first advised the ill.
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Love is love’s reward.
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Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.
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To die for faction is a common evil, But to be hanged for nonsense is the devil.
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There is a pleasure in being mad, which none but madmen know.
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War is the trade of kings.
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Keen appetite And quick digestion wait on you and yours.
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He is a perpetual fountain of good sense.
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