We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.
JOHN DRYDEN
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.
More John Dryden Quotes
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We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.
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An horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.
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He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.
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None are so busy as the fool and the knave.
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Pity melts the mind to love.
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Much malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.
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Keen appetite And quick digestion wait on you and yours.
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Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more.
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At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace.
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Time glides with undiscover’d haste; The future but a length behind the past.
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Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
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For what can power give more than food and drink, To live at ease, and not be bound to think?
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If passion rules, how weak does reason prove!
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Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.
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Great souls forgive not injuries till time has put their enemies within their power, that they may show forgiveness is their own.
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Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.
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