Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections.
JOHN DRYDENOld as I am, for ladies’ love unfit, The power of beauty I remember yet.
More John Dryden Quotes
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War seldom enters but where wealth allures.
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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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But Shakespeare’s magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
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Desire of greatness is a godlike sin.
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Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise!
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Love and Time with reverence use, Treat them like a parting friend: Nor the golden gifts refuse Which in youth sincere they send: For each year their price is more, And they less simple than before.
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By education most have been misled.
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Griefs assured are felt before they come.
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Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
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Every age has a kind of universal genius, which inclines those that live in it to some particular studies.
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Lucky men are favorites of Heaven.
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Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
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Repartee is the soul of conversation.
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All authors to their own defects are blind.
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O freedom, first delight of human kind!
JOHN DRYDEN