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John Dryden239 quotes“For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.”
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All empire is no more than power in trust.
John DrydenJohn Dryden The scum that rises upmost, when the nation boils.
John DrydenJohn Dryden Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.
John DrydenJohn Dryden The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.
John DrydenJohn Dryden 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.
John DrydenJohn Dryden He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.
John DrydenJohn Dryden All objects lose by too familiar a view.
John DrydenJohn Dryden Old age creeps on us where we think it night.
John DrydenJohn Dryden Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
John DrydenJohn Dryden Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings.
John DrydenJohn Dryden Since a true knowledge of nature gives us pleasure, a lively imitation of it, either in poetry or painting, must produce a much greater; for both these arts are not only true imitations of nature, but of the best nature.
John DrydenJohn Dryden 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.
John DrydenJohn Dryden Keen appetite And quick digestion wait on you and yours.
John DrydenJohn Dryden 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.
John DrydenJohn Dryden Griefs assured are felt before they come.
John DrydenJohn Dryden Truth is the object of our understanding, as good is of our will; and the understanding can no more be delighted with a lie than the will can choose an apparent evil.
John DrydenJohn Dryden
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There is a harmony in autumn, and a luster in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it had not been!
Percy Bysshe ShelleyPercy Bysshe Shelley Anybody who gives you a belief system is your enemy, because the belief system becomes the barrier for your eyes, you cannot see the truth.
RajneeshRajneesh Seeing off the new ball is important for me. I know that once I do that, the only way I could get out could be from my own mistake.
Rohit SharmaRohit Sharma Remember that just the moment you say, “I give up,” someone else seeing the same situation is saying, “My, what a great opportunity.”
H. Jackson Brown Jr.H. Jackson Brown Jr. I trust my directors to see me through, for I don’t consider myself as a natural actor – or a good one at that.
Fahadh FaasilFahadh Faasil I don’t get to do as much sightseeing as I would like to.
Maria SharapovaMaria Sharapova I find a lot of inspiration in street style and watching women walk, the way they wear things and what they’re wearing.
Maria SharapovaMaria Sharapova Of course I like to watch myself bat. After every innings, match, series, I do watch my own videos whenever I get the time.
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