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.
JOHN DRYDENAnger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Great souls forgive not injuries till time has put their enemies within their power, that they may show forgiveness is their own.
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Sweet is pleasure after pain.
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All heiresses are beautiful.
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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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Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
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Welcome, thou kind deceiver! Thou best of thieves; who, with an easy key, Dost open life, and, unperceived by us, Even steal us from ourselves.
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What passion cannot music raise and quell!
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Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
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The bravest men are subject most to chance.
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Present joys are more to flesh and blood Than a dull prospect of a distant good.
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All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
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Not sharp revenge, nor hell itself can find, A fiercer torment than a guilty mind, Which day and night doth dreadfully accuse, Condemns the wretch, and still the charge renews.
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He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.
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Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.
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Beware of the fury of the patient man.
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