But when to sin our biased nature leans, The careful Devil is still at hand with means; And providently pimps for ill desires.
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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For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.
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Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise!
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Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause.
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Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections.
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The thought of being nothing after death is a burden insupportable to a virtuous man.
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More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store.
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If the faults of men in orders are only to be judged among themselves, they are all in some sort parties; for, since they say the honour of their order is concerned in every member of it, how can we be sure that they will be impartial judges?
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Fattened in vice, so callous and so gross, he sins and sees not, senseless of his loss.
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Order is the greatest grace.
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Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne’er pardon who have done wrong.
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Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.
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And plenty makes us poor.
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Seas are the fields of combat for the winds; but when they sweep along some flowery coast, their wings move mildly, and their rage is lost.
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A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth.
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Among our crimes oblivion may be set.
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