They that possess the prince possess the laws.
JOHN DRYDENIf you have lived, take thankfully the past. Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
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Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.
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Griefs assured are felt before they come.
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But how can finite grasp Infinity?
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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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Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
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Fowls, by winter forced, forsake the floods, and wing their hasty flight to happier lands.
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For those whom God to ruin has design’d, He fits for fate, and first destroys their mind.
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Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness.
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Seas are the fields of combat for the winds; but when they sweep along some flowery coast, their wings move mildly, and their rage is lost.
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Death ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene.
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Riches cannot rescue from the grave, which claims alike the monarch and the slave.
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War is the trade of kings.
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Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne’er pardon who have done wrong.
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It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, can rule nothing, but is ruled by prudence.
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