I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
JOHN DRYDENBut love’s a malady without a cure.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
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He is a perpetual fountain of good sense.
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A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.
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Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil.
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Trust on and think To-morrow will repay; To-morrow’s falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blest With some new Joys, cuts off what we possest.
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The conscience of a people is their power.
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Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
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Among our crimes oblivion may be set.
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None but the brave deserve the fair.
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I never saw any good that came of telling truth.
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Pride – Lord of human kind.
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Freedom which in no other land will thrive, Freedom an English subject’s sole prerogative.
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Repentance is but want of power to sin.
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Since every man who lives is born to die, And none can boast sincere felicity, With equal mind, what happens, let us bear, Nor joy nor grieve too much for things beyond our care. Like pilgrims to the’ appointed place we tend; The world’s an inn, and death the journey’s end.
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Order is the greatest grace.
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