Pride – Lord of human kind.
JOHN DRYDENThus, while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthly mother ten, Man looks aloft; and with erected eyes Beholds his own hereditary skies.
More John Dryden Quotes
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War is the trade of kings.
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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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A happy genius is the gift of nature.
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All heiresses are beautiful.
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But Shakespeare’s magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
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For what can power give more than food and drink, To live at ease, and not be bound to think?
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And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require.
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Virtue is her own reward.
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Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
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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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For secrets are edged tools, And must be kept from children and from fools.
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I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
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Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings.
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Sweet is pleasure after pain.
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They say everything in the world is good for something.
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