Honor is but an empty bubble.
JOHN DRYDENWar is the trade of kings.
More John Dryden Quotes
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At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace.
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Much malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.
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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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A farce is that in poetry which grotesque (caricature) is in painting. The persons and actions of a farce are all unnatural, and the manners false, that is, inconsistent with the characters of mankind; and grotesque painting is the just resemblance of this.
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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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Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
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Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
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And write whatever Time shall bring to pass With pens of adamant on plates of brass.
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Keen appetite And quick digestion wait on you and yours.
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Old age creeps on us where we think it night.
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He who would pry behind the scenes oft sees a counterfeit.
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So the false spider, when her nets are spread, deep ambushed in her silent den does lie.
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None are so busy as the fool and the knave.
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Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
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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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