Nothing to build, and all things to destroy.
JOHN DRYDENLove is love’s reward.
More John Dryden Quotes
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But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
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Our souls sit close and silently within, And their own web from their own entrails spin; And when eyes meet far off, our sense is such, That, spider-like, we feel the tenderest touch.
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Order is the greatest grace.
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He who would pry behind the scenes oft sees a counterfeit.
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What passion cannot music raise and quell!
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The conscience of a people is their power.
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They that possess the prince possess the laws.
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We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
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They think too little who talk too much.
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The bravest men are subject most to chance.
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Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today: 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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Desire of greatness is a godlike sin.
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Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.
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Treason is greatest where trust is greatest.
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Old age creeps on us where we think it night.
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