The trumpet’s loud clangor Excites us to arms.
JOHN DRYDENDeath in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Love is not in our choice but in our fate.
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Beware the fury of a patient man.
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And write whatever Time shall bring to pass With pens of adamant on plates of brass.
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Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.
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Hushed as midnight silence.
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The bravest men are subject most to chance.
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Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.
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Virtue in distress, and vice in triumph make atheists of mankind.
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When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.
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Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
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Luxurious kings are to their people lost, They live like drones, upon the public cost.
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Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings.
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Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.
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Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below.
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Repentance is but want of power to sin.
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