Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.
JOHN DRYDENTrust on and think To-morrow will repay; To-morrow’s falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blest With some new Joys, cuts off what we possest.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.
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The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind’s great bribe.
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None but the brave deserve the fair.
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Satire among the Romans, but not among the Greeks, was a bitter invective poem.
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War is the trade of kings.
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Virgil and Horace were the severest writers of the severest age.
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I never saw any good that came of telling truth.
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He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.
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The conscience of a people is their power.
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Nothing to build, and all things to destroy.
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Griefs assured are felt before they come.
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Among our crimes oblivion may be set.
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When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.
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To die for faction is a common evil, But to be hanged for nonsense is the devil.
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Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts.
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