Not sharp revenge, nor hell itself can find, A fiercer torment than a guilty mind, Which day and night doth dreadfully accuse, Condemns the wretch, and still the charge renews.
JOHN DRYDENThe glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature’s eye.
More John Dryden Quotes
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But when to sin our biased nature leans, The careful Devil is still at hand with means; And providently pimps for ill desires.
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War is the trade of kings.
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None but the brave deserve the fair.
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Sculptors are obliged to follow the manners of the painters, and to make many ample folds, which are unsufferable hardness, and more like a rock than a natural garment.
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Lucky men are favorites of Heaven.
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So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.
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Death ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene.
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They, who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men.
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They think too little who talk too much.
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They say everything in the world is good for something.
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Love is love’s reward.
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I never saw any good that came of telling truth.
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An horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.
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Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.
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By education most have been misled.
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