All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.
JOHN DRYDENHe trudged along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Much malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.
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I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
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All heiresses are beautiful.
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To die for faction is a common evil, But to be hanged for nonsense is the devil.
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Sure there is none but fears a future state; And when the most obdurate swear they do not, Their trembling hearts belie their boasting tongues.
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None but the brave deserve the fair.
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Those who write ill, and they who ne’er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.
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All empire is no more than power in trust.
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Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below.
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Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.
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Death ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene.
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None would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain; And, from the dregs of life, think to receive, What the first sprightly running could not give.
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We by art unteach what Nature taught.
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Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause.
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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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What passion cannot music raise and quell!
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When I consider life, ’tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think tomorrow will repay. Tomorrow’s falser than the former day.
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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.
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Few know the use of life before ’tis past.
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Virtue in distress, and vice in triumph make atheists of mankind.
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Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought, Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught, The wise, for cure, on exercise depend; God never made his work for man to mend.
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More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store.
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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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The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.
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He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.
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He who would search for pearls must dive below.
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