Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.
JOHN DRYDENAs one that neither seeks, nor shuns his foe.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
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The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature’s eye.
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But when to sin our biased nature leans, The careful Devil is still at hand with means; And providently pimps for ill desires.
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But love’s a malady without a cure.
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Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
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The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind’s great bribe.
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And plenty makes us poor.
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The trumpet’s loud clangor Excites us to arms.
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Welcome, thou kind deceiver! Thou best of thieves; who, with an easy key, Dost open life, and, unperceived by us, Even steal us from ourselves.
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Since every man who lives is born to die, And none can boast sincere felicity, With equal mind, what happens, let us bear, Nor joy nor grieve too much for things beyond our care. Like pilgrims to the’ appointed place we tend; The world’s an inn, and death the journey’s end.
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Honor is but an empty bubble.
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All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.
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None, none descends into himself, to find The secret imperfections of his mind: But every one is eagle-ey’d to see Another’s faults, and his deformity.
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Order is the greatest grace.
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We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
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