More from John Dryden
Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
John DrydenJohn Dryden They first condemn that first advised the ill.
John DrydenJohn Dryden Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.
John DrydenJohn Dryden But when to sin our biased nature leans, The careful Devil is still at hand with means; And providently pimps for ill desires.
John DrydenJohn Dryden Time glides with undiscover’d haste; The future but a length behind the past.
John DrydenJohn Dryden Self-defense is Nature’s eldest law.
John DrydenJohn Dryden Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.
John DrydenJohn Dryden So the false spider, when her nets are spread, deep ambushed in her silent den does lie.
John DrydenJohn Dryden Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthly mother ten, Man looks aloft; and with erected eyes Beholds his own hereditary skies.
John DrydenJohn Dryden But Shakespeare’s magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
John DrydenJohn Dryden No government has ever been, or can ever be, wherein time-servers and blockheads will not be uppermost.
John DrydenJohn Dryden Every language is so full of its own proprieties that what is beautiful in one is often barbarous, nay, sometimes nonsense, in another.
John DrydenJohn Dryden I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
John DrydenJohn Dryden If passion rules, how weak does reason prove!
John DrydenJohn Dryden So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.
John DrydenJohn Dryden Fool that I was, upon my eagle’s wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.
John DrydenJohn Dryden
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Sadness shoots a bullet straight at your heart and love buys you time.
Shelby CaudleShelby Caudle Do you think it possible that some people are born to give more love than they will ever get back in return?
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson It’s been a long time since we said goodbye and yet the echoes of it are still ringing in our ears.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt We can always walk with them in the rain instead of just lending an umbrella.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh Flowers only wither to bloom again. So shall you break, only to be whole again.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya What do you do when the passion burns out? Start another fire.
Jonny OxJonny Ox To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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The first step of healing is to beware of your own negative thoughts.
Jessica PickardJessica Pickard You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.
Yogi BerraYogi Berra Beware of the unloved, because they will eventually hurt themselves or others.
Jim CarreyJim Carrey Don’t walk under the coconut trees.
Doja CatDoja Cat Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
SenecaSeneca Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Beware of a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
AesopAesop Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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