Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more.
JOHN DRYDENHe invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Hushed as midnight silence.
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Love is a passion Which kindles honor into noble acts.
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There is a proud modesty in merit.
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War seldom enters but where wealth allures.
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The thought of being nothing after death is a burden insupportable to a virtuous man.
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Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil.
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All delays are dangerous in war.
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Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
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The conscience of a people is their power.
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Death ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene.
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Politicians neither love nor hate.
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Fowls, by winter forced, forsake the floods, and wing their hasty flight to happier lands.
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For they can conquer who believe they can.
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They think too little who talk too much.
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They first condemn that first advised the ill.
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