Freedom which in no other land will thrive, Freedom an English subject’s sole prerogative.
JOHN DRYDENHonor is but an empty bubble.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
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Light sufferings give us leisure to complain.
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Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.
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Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.
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Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.
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Our souls sit close and silently within, And their own web from their own entrails spin; And when eyes meet far off, our sense is such, That, spider-like, we feel the tenderest touch.
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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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All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.
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Great souls forgive not injuries till time has put their enemies within their power, that they may show forgiveness is their own.
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When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.
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Beware of the fury of the patient man.
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Griefs assured are felt before they come.
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I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night.
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Honor is but an empty bubble.
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Luxurious kings are to their people lost, They live like drones, upon the public cost.
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