All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.
JOHN DRYDENThus all below is strength, and all above is grace.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Virtue is her own reward.
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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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But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
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They that possess the prince possess the laws.
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Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from pole to pole, So others may say when you are dead and gone. See what a vast estate he left his son.
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Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.
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If passion rules, how weak does reason prove!
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Secret guilt is by silence revealed.
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Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
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Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
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They, who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men.
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More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store.
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Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.
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As one that neither seeks, nor shuns his foe.
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Pity melts the mind to love.
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