If by the people you understand the multitude, the hoi polloi, ’tis no matter what they think; they are sometimes in the right, sometimes in the wrong; their judgment is a mere lottery.
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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At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace.
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Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.
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Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness.
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Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
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Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings.
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Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
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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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Hushed as midnight silence.
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Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.
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For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.
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Swift was the race, but short the time to run.
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There is a pleasure in being mad, which none but madmen know.
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We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
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Silence in times of suffering is the best.
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Pity melts the mind to love.
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