O freedom, first delight of human kind!
JOHN DRYDENHe look’d in years, yet in his years were seen A youthful vigor, and autumnal green.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
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Long pains, with use of bearing, are half eased.
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No king nor nation one moment can retard the appointed hour.
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All authors to their own defects are blind.
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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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Sure there is none but fears a future state; And when the most obdurate swear they do not, Their trembling hearts belie their boasting tongues.
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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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Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness.
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None are so busy as the fool and the knave.
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Pity only on fresh objects stays, but with the tedious sight of woes decays.
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Much malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.
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Time and death shall depart and say in flying Love has found out a way to live, by dying.
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Beware of the fury of the patient man.
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The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind’s great bribe.
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Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.
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