They say everything in the world is good for something.
JOHN DRYDENSo softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Love is love’s reward.
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The bravest men are subject most to chance.
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Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.
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An hour will come, with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.
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If passion rules, how weak does reason prove!
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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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I never saw any good that came of telling truth.
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A happy genius is the gift of nature.
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When a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
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Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
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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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The conscience of a people is their power.
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They live too long who happiness outlive.
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Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness.
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Time glides with undiscover’d haste; The future but a length behind the past.
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