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.
JOHN DRYDENSince a true knowledge of nature gives us pleasure, a lively imitation of it, either in poetry or painting, must produce a much greater; for both these arts are not only true imitations of nature, but of the best nature.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Politicians neither love nor hate.
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They that possess the prince possess the laws.
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An hour will come, with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.
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I’m a little wounded, but I am not slain; I will lay me down to bleed a while. Then I’ll rise and fight again.
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No government has ever been, or can ever be, wherein time-servers and blockheads will not be uppermost.
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They first condemn that first advised the ill.
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Be fair, or foul, or rain, or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.
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Few know the use of life before ’tis past.
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For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.
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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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For secrets are edged tools, And must be kept from children and from fools.
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Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.
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Light sufferings give us leisure to complain.
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Love is a passion Which kindles honor into noble acts.
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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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