Murder may pass unpunished for a time, But tardy justice will overtake the crime.
JOHN DRYDENWhen a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
More John Dryden Quotes
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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.
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Beware of the fury of the patient man.
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Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.
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If passion rules, how weak does reason prove!
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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.
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Honor is but an empty bubble.
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If thou dost still retain the same ill habits, the same follies, too, still thou art bound to vice, and still a slave.
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Lucky men are favorites of Heaven.
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No king nor nation one moment can retard the appointed hour.
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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.
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Nothing to build, and all things to destroy.
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For those whom God to ruin has design’d, He fits for fate, and first destroys their mind.
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The thought of being nothing after death is a burden insupportable to a virtuous man.
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By education most have been misled.
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Hushed as midnight silence.
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