Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness.
JOHN DRYDENHe who would pry behind the scenes oft sees a counterfeit.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise!
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Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne’er pardon who have done wrong.
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Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause.
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Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
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He who would search for pearls must dive below.
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He who would pry behind the scenes oft sees a counterfeit.
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By education most have been misled.
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None are so busy as the fool and the knave.
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Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more.
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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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None, none descends into himself, to find The secret imperfections of his mind: But every one is eagle-ey’d to see Another’s faults, and his deformity.
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Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.
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Seas are the fields of combat for the winds; but when they sweep along some flowery coast, their wings move mildly, and their rage is lost.
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Virtue in distress, and vice in triumph make atheists of mankind.
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He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.
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