So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.
JOHN DRYDENSelf-defense is Nature’s eldest law.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Hushed as midnight silence.
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But how can finite grasp Infinity?
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There’s a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks.
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Since every man who lives is born to die, And none can boast sincere felicity, With equal mind, what happens, let us bear, Nor joy nor grieve too much for things beyond our care. Like pilgrims to the’ appointed place we tend; The world’s an inn, and death the journey’s end.
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He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.
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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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The bravest men are subject most to chance.
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When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.
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They, who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men.
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Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below.
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For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.
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There is a pleasure in being mad, which none but madmen know.
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Luxurious kings are to their people lost, They live like drones, upon the public cost.
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Honor is but an empty bubble.
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They first condemn that first advised the ill.
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