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.
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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A happy genius is the gift of nature.
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At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace.
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Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.
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Love is a passion Which kindles honor into noble acts.
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Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise!
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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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While I am compassed round With mirth, my soul lies hid in shades of grief, Whence, like the bird of night, with half-shut eyes, She peeps, and sickens at the sight of day.
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Words are but pictures of our thoughts.
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O freedom, first delight of human kind!
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Sure there’s contagion in the tears of friends.
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The trumpet’s loud clangor Excites us to arms.
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We by art unteach what Nature taught.
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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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As one that neither seeks, nor shuns his foe.
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If the faults of men in orders are only to be judged among themselves, they are all in some sort parties; for, since they say the honour of their order is concerned in every member of it, how can we be sure that they will be impartial judges?
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