Honor is but an empty bubble.
JOHN DRYDENAll delays are dangerous in war.
More John Dryden Quotes
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None but the brave deserve the fair.
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God never made his work for man to mend.
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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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For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.
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A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.
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Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
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Welcome, thou kind deceiver! Thou best of thieves; who, with an easy key, Dost open life, and, unperceived by us, Even steal us from ourselves.
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Love is love’s reward.
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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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Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings.
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I never saw any good that came of telling truth.
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The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind’s great bribe.
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Pride – Lord of human kind.
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The conscience of a people is their power.
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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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