Seas are the fields of combat for the winds; but when they sweep along some flowery coast, their wings move mildly, and their rage is lost.
JOHN DRYDENWelcome, thou kind deceiver! Thou best of thieves; who, with an easy key, Dost open life, and, unperceived by us, Even steal us from ourselves.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Swift was the race, but short the time to run.
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Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
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Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.
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Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below.
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They first condemn that first advised the ill.
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Good sense and good-nature are never separated, though the ignorant world has thought otherwise. Good-nature, by which I mean beneficence and candor, is the product of right reason.
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Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise!
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Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.
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Hushed as midnight silence.
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Words are but pictures of our thoughts.
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He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.
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But when to sin our biased nature leans, The careful Devil is still at hand with means; And providently pimps for ill desires.
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Repartee is the soul of conversation.
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War is the trade of kings.
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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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