Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below.
JOHN DRYDENBeauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
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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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Nor is the people’s judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few.
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Love is a passion Which kindles honor into noble acts.
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Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections.
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Blown roses hold their sweetness to the last.
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Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped; And they have kept it since by being dead.
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Virgil and Horace were the severest writers of the severest age.
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Take not away the life you cannot give: For all things have an equal right to live.
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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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Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil.
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Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.
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They say everything in the world is good for something.
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He who would search for pearls must dive below.
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Murder may pass unpunished for a time, But tardy justice will overtake the crime.
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