Pity only on fresh objects stays, but with the tedious sight of woes decays.
JOHN DRYDENHappy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Time glides with undiscover’d haste; The future but a length behind the past.
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If all the world be worth thy winning. / Think, oh think it worth enjoying: / Lovely Thaïs sits beside thee, / Take the good the gods provide thee.
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Riches cannot rescue from the grave, which claims alike the monarch and the slave.
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Repentance is but want of power to sin.
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He who would search for pearls must dive below.
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An horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.
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All objects lose by too familiar a view.
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War is the trade of kings.
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Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
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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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The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind’s great bribe.
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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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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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Parting is worse than death; it is death of love!
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Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be.
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