None but the brave deserve the fair.
JOHN DRYDENWe first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
More John Dryden Quotes
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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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Politicians neither love nor hate.
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But love’s a malady without a cure.
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The trumpet’s loud clangor Excites us to arms.
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Men’s virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes.
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Murder may pass unpunished for a time, But tardy justice will overtake the crime.
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Shakespeare was the Homer, or father of our dramatic poets;Jonson was theVirgil, the pattern of elaborate writing; I admire him, but I love Shakespeare.
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So the false spider, when her nets are spread, deep ambushed in her silent den does lie.
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And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require.
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Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise!
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By education most have been misled; So they believe, because they were bred. The priest continues where the nurse began, And thus the child imposes on the man.
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Long pains, with use of bearing, are half eased.
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He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.
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Honor is but an empty bubble.
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Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
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