Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
JOHN DRYDENRevenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise!
More John Dryden Quotes
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I never saw any good that came of telling truth.
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Truth is the object of our understanding, as good is of our will; and the understanding can no more be delighted with a lie than the will can choose an apparent evil.
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Those who write ill, and they who ne’er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.
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Love is love’s reward.
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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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Beware the fury of a patient man.
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He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.
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Love is not in our choice but in our fate.
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Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
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And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require.
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Hushed as midnight silence.
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Honor is but an empty bubble.
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What, start at this! when sixty years have spread. Their grey experience o’er thy hoary head? Is this the all observing age could gain? Or hast thou known the world so long in vain?
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Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.
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Parting is worse than death; it is death of love!
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