For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.
JOHN DRYDEN
Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.
More John Dryden Quotes
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For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.
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So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.
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Dreams are but interludes that fancy makes… Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behind Rush forward in the brain, and come to mind.
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Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.
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Of all the tyrannies on human kind the worst is that which persecutes the mind.
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Here lies my wife: here let her lie! Now she’s at rest, and so am I.
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Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.
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Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought, Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught, The wise, for cure, on exercise depend; God never made his work for man to mend.
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Trust on and think To-morrow will repay; To-morrow’s falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blest With some new Joys, cuts off what we possest.
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And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require.
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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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Love is love’s reward.
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All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.
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All heiresses are beautiful.
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And love’s the noblest frailty of the mind.
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