And write whatever Time shall bring to pass With pens of adamant on plates of brass.
JOHN DRYDENA good conscience is a port which is landlocked on every side, where no winds can possibly invade. There a man may not only see his own image, but that of his Maker, clearly reflected from the undisturbed waters.
More John Dryden Quotes
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All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
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Trust on and think To-morrow will repay; To-morrow’s falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blest With some new Joys, cuts off what we possest.
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For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.
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Sure there’s contagion in the tears of friends.
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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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As one that neither seeks, nor shuns his foe.
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When a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
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Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped; And they have kept it since by being dead.
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The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind’s great bribe.
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He trudged along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought.
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Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections.
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Many things impossible to thought have been by need to full perfection brought.
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Hushed as midnight silence.
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A happy genius is the gift of nature.
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By education most have been misled; So they believe, because they were bred. The priest continues where the nurse began, And thus the child imposes on the man.
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