War seldom enters but where wealth allures.
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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Riches cannot rescue from the grave, which claims alike the monarch and the slave.
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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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Many things impossible to thought have been by need to full perfection brought.
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Honor is but an empty bubble.
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Love and Time with reverence use, Treat them like a parting friend: Nor the golden gifts refuse Which in youth sincere they send: For each year their price is more, And they less simple than before.
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The scum that rises upmost, when the nation boils.
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The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature’s eye.
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But love’s a malady without a cure.
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Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
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If all the world be worth thy winning. / Think, oh think it worth enjoying: / Lovely Thaïs sits beside thee, / Take the good the gods provide thee.
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Desire of greatness is a godlike sin.
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Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped; And they have kept it since by being dead.
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Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.
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Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.
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We by art unteach what Nature taught.
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