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Nothing to build, and all things to destroy.

John Dryden

Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought, Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught, The wise, for cure, on exercise depend; God never made his work for man to mend.
JOHN DRYDEN

Better Health Himself Man Work
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.
JOHN DRYDEN

Cheat Day False Fools Life
Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.
JOHN DRYDEN

Body Break Preservation Shame Spirit
God never made his work for man to mend.
JOHN DRYDEN

God Man Mend Work
Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
JOHN DRYDEN

Fools One Liner Patriot
An horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.
JOHN DRYDEN

Fear Horrible Ourselves Silence Temptation
Be fair, or foul, or rain, or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.
JOHN DRYDEN

Fair Fate Myself Possession Rain Shine Time
But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
JOHN DRYDEN

Numerous Talk Thinking
Time glides with undiscover’d haste; The future but a length behind the past.
JOHN DRYDEN

Discover Future Glide Haste Length Past
But how can finite grasp Infinity?
JOHN DRYDEN

Finite Grasp Infinity
We by art unteach what Nature taught.
JOHN DRYDEN

Art Nature Teaching
Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
JOHN DRYDEN

Beginning Growth Small
All empire is no more than power in trust.
JOHN DRYDEN

Empire Power Trust
Shakespeare was the Homer, or father of our dramatic poets;Jonson was theVirgil, the pattern of elaborate writing; I admire him, but I love Shakespeare.
JOHN DRYDEN

Admire Drama Father Himself Home Poet Writing
I never saw any good that came of telling truth.
JOHN DRYDEN

Goodness Myself Talk Truth
He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
JOHN DRYDEN

Fear Learning Lesson

Nothing to build, and all things to destroy.

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