Every language is so full of its own proprieties that what is beautiful in one is often barbarous, nay, sometimes nonsense, in another.
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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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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None but the brave deserve the fair.
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For age but tastes of pleasures youth devours.
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Blown roses hold their sweetness to the last.
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Virtue is her own reward.
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Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.
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Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
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Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more.
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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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The conscience of a people is their power.
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Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.
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Murder may pass unpunished for a time, But tardy justice will overtake the crime.
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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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All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
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Parting is worse than death; it is death of love!
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