Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
JOHN DRYDENA good conscience is a port which is landlocked on every side, where no winds can possibly invade. There a man may not only see his own image, but that of his Maker, clearly reflected from the undisturbed waters.
More John Dryden Quotes
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The bravest men are subject most to chance.
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Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.
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Trust on and think To-morrow will repay; To-morrow’s falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blest With some new Joys, cuts off what we possest.
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They say everything in the world is good for something.
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Repentance is but want of power to sin.
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Griefs assured are felt before they come.
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Nothing to build, and all things to destroy.
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Pity only on fresh objects stays, but with the tedious sight of woes decays.
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For they can conquer who believe they can.
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While I am compassed round With mirth, my soul lies hid in shades of grief, Whence, like the bird of night, with half-shut eyes, She peeps, and sickens at the sight of day.
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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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And love’s the noblest frailty of the mind.
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We can never be grieved for their miseries who are thoroughly wicked, and have thereby justly called their calamities on themselves.
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Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
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Lucky men are favorites of Heaven.
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