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.
JOHN DRYDENBold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.
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A happy genius is the gift of nature.
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A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.
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Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne’er pardon who have done wrong.
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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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The trumpet’s loud clangor Excites us to arms.
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Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise!
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The conscience of a people is their power.
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Fowls, by winter forced, forsake the floods, and wing their hasty flight to happier lands.
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Youth, beauty, graceful action seldom fail: But common interest always will prevail; And pity never ceases to be shown To him who makes the people’s wrongs his own.
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Blown roses hold their sweetness to the last.
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Self-defense is Nature’s eldest law.
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Few know the use of life before ’tis past.
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Lucky men are favorites of Heaven.
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For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.
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