He trudged along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought.
JOHN DRYDENThey, who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Freedom which in no other land will thrive, Freedom an English subject’s sole prerogative.
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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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To die for faction is a common evil, But to be hanged for nonsense is the devil.
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Presence of mind and courage in distress, Are more than arrives to procure success?
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Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
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He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.
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Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness.
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He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him.
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Old as I am, for ladies’ love unfit, The power of beauty I remember yet.
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Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.
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So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.
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Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought, Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught, The wise, for cure, on exercise depend; God never made his work for man to mend.
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Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.
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For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.
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I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night.
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