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?
JOHN DRYDENNone are so busy as the fool and the knave.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Love and Time with reverence use, Treat them like a parting friend: Nor the golden gifts refuse Which in youth sincere they send: For each year their price is more, And they less simple than before.
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I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night.
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When we view elevated ideas of Nature, the result of that view is admiration, which is always the cause of pleasure.
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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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But love’s a malady without a cure.
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Secret guilt is by silence revealed.
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Every age has a kind of universal genius, which inclines those that live in it to some particular studies.
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Fool that I was, upon my eagle’s wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.
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But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
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Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
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All heiresses are beautiful.
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The bravest men are subject most to chance.
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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 but the brave deserve the fair.
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Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.
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