Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more.
JOHN DRYDENEvery language is so full of its own proprieties that what is beautiful in one is often barbarous, nay, sometimes nonsense, in another.
More John Dryden Quotes
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For secrets are edged tools, And must be kept from children and from fools.
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Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.
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If you have lived, take thankfully the past. Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last.
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God never made his work for man to mend.
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Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
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At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace.
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Virgil and Horace were the severest writers of the severest age.
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Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.
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I never saw any good that came of telling truth.
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Beware of the fury of the patient man.
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Love is not in our choice but in our fate.
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Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.
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Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause.
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Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
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If passion rules, how weak does reason prove!
JOHN DRYDEN