He who would search for pearls must dive below.
JOHN DRYDENDreams are but interludes that fancy makes… Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behind Rush forward in the brain, and come to mind.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
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A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.
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When a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
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Luxurious kings are to their people lost, They live like drones, upon the public cost.
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By education most have been misled.
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Sweet is pleasure after pain.
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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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Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.
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Repentance is but want of power to sin.
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They first condemn that first advised the ill.
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Treason is greatest where trust is greatest.
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The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind’s great bribe.
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War is the trade of kings.
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Men’s virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes.
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They think too little who talk too much.
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