Dancing is the poetry of the foot.
JOHN DRYDENWar is the trade of kings.
More John Dryden Quotes
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He trudged along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought.
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Sure there is none but fears a future state; And when the most obdurate swear they do not, Their trembling hearts belie their boasting tongues.
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Repartee is the soul of conversation.
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Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthly mother ten, Man looks aloft; and with erected eyes Beholds his own hereditary skies.
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Satire is a kind of poetry in which human vices are reprehended.
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I’m a little wounded, but I am not slain; I will lay me down to bleed a while. Then I’ll rise and fight again.
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Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness.
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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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Faith is to believe what you do not yet see: the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.
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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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Love is love’s reward.
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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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Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.
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Parting is worse than death; it is death of love!
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We by art unteach what Nature taught.
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