Hushed as midnight silence.
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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The love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.
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Not sharp revenge, nor hell itself can find, A fiercer torment than a guilty mind, Which day and night doth dreadfully accuse, Condemns the wretch, and still the charge renews.
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He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.
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Satire among the Romans, but not among the Greeks, was a bitter invective poem.
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Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
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Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.
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Blown roses hold their sweetness to the last.
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For they can conquer who believe they can.
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A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth.
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They live too long who happiness outlive.
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None would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain; And, from the dregs of life, think to receive, What the first sprightly running could not give.
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Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
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Much malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.
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Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
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A happy genius is the gift of nature.
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