Take not away the life you cannot give: For all things have an equal right to live.
JOHN DRYDENBut Shakespeare’s magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Pity melts the mind to love.
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The thought of being nothing after death is a burden insupportable to a virtuous man.
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Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.
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Luxurious kings are to their people lost, They live like drones, upon the public cost.
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An horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.
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None but the brave deserve the fair.
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Sure there is none but fears a future state; And when the most obdurate swear they do not, Their trembling hearts belie their boasting tongues.
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We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
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Old age creeps on us where we think it night.
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Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.
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Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun.
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There is a proud modesty in merit.
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For all the happiness mankind can gain Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain.
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He who would pry behind the scenes oft sees a counterfeit.
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Keen appetite And quick digestion wait on you and yours.
JOHN DRYDEN