Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped; And they have kept it since by being dead.
JOHN DRYDENOrder is the greatest grace.
More John Dryden Quotes
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All heiresses are beautiful.
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Beware of the fury of the patient man.
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Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.
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Freedom which in no other land will thrive, Freedom an English subject’s sole prerogative.
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Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from pole to pole, So others may say when you are dead and gone. See what a vast estate he left his son.
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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.
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Silence in times of suffering is the best.
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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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They, who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men.
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They live too long who happiness outlive.
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And write whatever Time shall bring to pass With pens of adamant on plates of brass.
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Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more.
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A good conscience is a port which is landlocked on every side, where no winds can possibly invade. There a man may not only see his own image, but that of his Maker, clearly reflected from the undisturbed waters.
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For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.
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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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