For what can power give more than food and drink, To live at ease, and not be bound to think?
JOHN DRYDENWe must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.
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Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.
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An horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.
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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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Repartee is the soul of conversation.
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A good conscience is a port which is landlocked on every side, where no winds can possibly invade. There a man may not only see his own image, but that of his Maker, clearly reflected from the undisturbed waters.
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To die for faction is a common evil, But to be hanged for nonsense is the devil.
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Words are but pictures of our thoughts.
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Here lies my wife: here let her lie! Now she’s at rest, and so am I.
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We by art unteach what Nature taught.
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The trumpet’s loud clangor Excites us to arms.
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Desire of greatness is a godlike sin.
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Long pains, with use of bearing, are half eased.
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None but the brave deserve the fair.
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By education most have been misled.
JOHN DRYDEN






