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.
JOHN DRYDENFor truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.
More John Dryden Quotes
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And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require.
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He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
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At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace.
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More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store.
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War is the trade of kings.
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Nor is the people’s judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few.
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For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.
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Few know the use of life before ’tis past.
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The bravest men are subject most to chance.
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Blown roses hold their sweetness to the last.
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Pity melts the mind to love.
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Secret guilt is by silence revealed.
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Presence of mind and courage in distress, Are more than arrives to procure success?
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Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
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They say everything in the world is good for something.
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