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.
JOHN DRYDENBeauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Men’s virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes.
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A farce is that in poetry which grotesque (caricature) is in painting. The persons and actions of a farce are all unnatural, and the manners false, that is, inconsistent with the characters of mankind; and grotesque painting is the just resemblance of this.
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If you have lived, take thankfully the past. Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last.
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A good conscience is a port which is landlocked on every side, where no winds can possibly invade. There a man may not only see his own image, but that of his Maker, clearly reflected from the undisturbed waters.
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If all the world be worth thy winning. / Think, oh think it worth enjoying: / Lovely Thaïs sits beside thee, / Take the good the gods provide thee.
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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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Words are but pictures of our thoughts.
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If the faults of men in orders are only to be judged among themselves, they are all in some sort parties; for, since they say the honour of their order is concerned in every member of it, how can we be sure that they will be impartial judges?
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They, who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men.
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Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.
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Riches cannot rescue from the grave, which claims alike the monarch and the slave.
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Presence of mind and courage in distress, Are more than arrives to procure success?
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Old as I am, for ladies’ love unfit, The power of beauty I remember yet.
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They live too long who happiness outlive.
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He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.
JOHN DRYDEN