Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.
JOHN DRYDENYouth, 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.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Murder may pass unpunished for a time, But tardy justice will overtake the crime.
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Seas are the fields of combat for the winds; but when they sweep along some flowery coast, their wings move mildly, and their rage is lost.
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I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night.
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If passion rules, how weak does reason prove!
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But how can finite grasp Infinity?
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When we view elevated ideas of Nature, the result of that view is admiration, which is always the cause of pleasure.
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A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.
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Time and death shall depart and say in flying Love has found out a way to live, by dying.
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But Shakespeare’s magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
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More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store.
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They live too long who happiness outlive.
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Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.
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But love’s a malady without a cure.
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I am resolved to grow fat and look young till forty, and then slip out of the world with the first wrinkle and the reputation of five-and-twenty.
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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.
JOHN DRYDEN