The trumpet’s loud clangor Excites us to arms.
JOHN DRYDENThe thought of being nothing after death is a burden insupportable to a virtuous man.
More John Dryden Quotes
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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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When a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
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Love and Time with reverence use, Treat them like a parting friend: Nor the golden gifts refuse Which in youth sincere they send: For each year their price is more, And they less simple than before.
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He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.
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Repartee is the soul of conversation.
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Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
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For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.
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An hour will come, with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.
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Virtue in distress, and vice in triumph make atheists of mankind.
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Nothing to build, and all things to destroy.
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If you have lived, take thankfully the past. Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last.
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Lucky men are favorites of Heaven.
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By 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.
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Much malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.
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All empire is no more than power in trust.
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