But Shakespeare’s magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
JOHN DRYDENDeath ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene.
More John Dryden Quotes
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All heiresses are beautiful.
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I never saw any good that came of telling truth.
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Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
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What precious drops are those, Which silently each other’s track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?
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They that possess the prince possess the laws.
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By education most have been misled.
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Sculptors are obliged to follow the manners of the painters, and to make many ample folds, which are unsufferable hardness, and more like a rock than a natural garment.
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Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
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Nor is the people’s judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few.
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Death ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene.
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A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth.
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By education most have been misled; So they believe, because they were bred. The priest continues where the nurse began, And thus the child imposes on the man.
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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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Time and death shall depart and say in flying Love has found out a way to live, by dying.
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The conscience of a people is their power.
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