More from John Dryden
A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.
John DrydenJohn Dryden Seas are the fields of combat for the winds; but when they sweep along some flowery coast, their wings move mildly, and their rage is lost.
John DrydenJohn Dryden Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
John DrydenJohn Dryden For age but tastes of pleasures youth devours.
John DrydenJohn Dryden Words are but pictures of our thoughts.
John DrydenJohn Dryden By education most have been misled.
John DrydenJohn Dryden If by the people you understand the multitude, the hoi polloi, ’tis no matter what they think; they are sometimes in the right, sometimes in the wrong; their judgment is a mere lottery.
John DrydenJohn Dryden Presence of mind and courage in distress, Are more than arrives to procure success?
John DrydenJohn Dryden Nor is the people’s judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few.
John DrydenJohn Dryden And plenty makes us poor.
John DrydenJohn Dryden Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.
John DrydenJohn Dryden Parting is worse than death; it is death of love!
John DrydenJohn Dryden For what can power give more than food and drink, To live at ease, and not be bound to think?
John DrydenJohn Dryden All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
John DrydenJohn Dryden 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 DrydenJohn Dryden All flowers will droop in the absence of the sun that waked their sweets.
John DrydenJohn Dryden
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My heart keeps room for you always even when you can’t be here.
Holly DuxburyHolly Duxbury You are seeing humanity at its worst and best. A collision of the circumstance.
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Jenny AJenny A I care but I’m done trying. I love but I’m done showing.
Divya khandalDivya khandal Never feel defined by your size, measures, and beauty standards.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson The wild is always changing like a reminder. You do not have to be the same to be beautiful.
Sabina LauraSabina Laura Bees and butterflies in my belly with you on my mind they chase each other around.
Jenny WinbladhJenny Winbladh I long for you but you long for someone else, I deny the one who wants me cause I want someone else.
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More on fury
Our country’s national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury, or the unspeakable brutality of an insane mob.
Ida B. WellsIda B. Wells The storm hit with all the fury of a woman who’d been dieting for six months, only to discover she’d gained four pounds.
Alan Dean FosterAlan Dean Foster Our greatest furies spring from events which violate our sense of the ground of our existence.
Alain de BottonAlain de Botton Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise!
John DrydenJohn Dryden He was a silent fury who no torment could tame.
Jack LondonJack London I know indeed what evil I intend to do, but stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury, fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils.
EuripidesEuripides What you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority.
Audre LordeAudre Lorde Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
John LewisJohn Lewis