We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.
JOHN DRYDENErrors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Take not away the life you cannot give: For all things have an equal right to live.
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Repartee is the soul of conversation.
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Griefs assured are felt before they come.
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Affability, mildness, tenderness, and a word which I would fain bring back to its original signification of virtue,–I mean good-nature,–are of daily use; they are the bread of mankind and staff of life.
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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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Parting is worse than death; it is death of love!
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A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.
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Dreams are but interludes that fancy makes… Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behind Rush forward in the brain, and come to mind.
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Nor is the people’s judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few.
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Murder may pass unpunished for a time, But tardy justice will overtake the crime.
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Much malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.
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Merit challenges envy.
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For they can conquer who believe they can.
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We can never be grieved for their miseries who are thoroughly wicked, and have thereby justly called their calamities on themselves.
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Love is love’s reward.
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