He trudged along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought.
JOHN DRYDENBy education most have been misled; So they believe, because they were bred. The priest continues where the nurse began, And thus the child imposes on the man.
More John Dryden Quotes
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As one that neither seeks, nor shuns his foe.
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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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For those whom God to ruin has design’d, He fits for fate, and first destroys their mind.
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Pride – Lord of human kind.
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All flowers will droop in the absence of the sun that waked their sweets.
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Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below.
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When a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
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A happy genius is the gift of nature.
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We by art unteach what Nature taught.
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Faith is to believe what you do not yet see: the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.
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Honor is but an empty bubble.
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Satire is a kind of poetry in which human vices are reprehended.
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The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.
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If by the people you understand the multitude, the hoi polloi, ’tis no matter what they think; they are sometimes in the right, sometimes in the wrong; their judgment is a mere lottery.
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Parting is worse than death; it is death of love!
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