Lucky men are favorites of Heaven.
JOHN DRYDENThere is a pleasure in being mad, which none but madmen know.
More John Dryden Quotes
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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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Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.
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Those who write ill, and they who ne’er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.
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Much malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.
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Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more.
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Dancing is the poetry of the foot.
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Many things impossible to thought have been by need to full perfection brought.
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Affability, mildness, tenderness, and a word which I would fain bring back to its original signification of virtue,–I mean good-nature,–are of daily use; they are the bread of mankind and staff of life.
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There’s a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks.
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He who would search for pearls must dive below.
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Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.
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The bravest men are subject most to chance.
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Beware the fury of a patient man.
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Long pains, with use of bearing, are half eased.
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Griefs assured are felt before they come.
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