Order is the greatest grace.
JOHN DRYDENRiches cannot rescue from the grave, which claims alike the monarch and the slave.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Repentance is but want of power to sin.
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Nothing to build, and all things to destroy.
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Riches cannot rescue from the grave, which claims alike the monarch and the slave.
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God never made his work for man to mend.
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A happy genius is the gift of nature.
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At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace.
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The bravest men are subject most to chance.
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Politicians neither love nor hate.
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For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.
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Repartee is the soul of conversation.
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For secrets are edged tools, And must be kept from children and from fools.
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None but the brave deserve the fair.
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Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today: Be fair or foul or rain or shine, The joys I have possessed in spite of fate are mine. Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been has been, and I have had my hour.
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When I consider life, ’tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think tomorrow will repay. Tomorrow’s falser than the former day.
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No king nor nation one moment can retard the appointed hour.
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