Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.
JOHN DRYDENZeal, the blind conductor of the will.
More John Dryden Quotes
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The scum that rises upmost, when the nation boils.
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The trumpet’s loud clangor Excites us to arms.
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Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.
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Swift was the race, but short the time to run.
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Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.
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Sure there is none but fears a future state; And when the most obdurate swear they do not, Their trembling hearts belie their boasting tongues.
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They that possess the prince possess the laws.
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At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace.
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Murder may pass unpunished for a time, But tardy justice will overtake the crime.
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Every age has a kind of universal genius, which inclines those that live in it to some particular studies.
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A 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.
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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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Sure there’s contagion in the tears of friends.
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Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.
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An horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.
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