They think too little who talk too much.
JOHN DRYDENVirtue in distress, and vice in triumph make atheists of mankind.
More John Dryden Quotes
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There is a proud modesty in merit.
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I never saw any good that came of telling truth.
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He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
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For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.
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Blown roses hold their sweetness to the last.
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But Shakespeare’s magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
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He is a perpetual fountain of good sense.
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As one that neither seeks, nor shuns his foe.
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He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.
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I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night.
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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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He who would search for pearls must dive below.
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Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.
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For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.
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To die for faction is a common evil, But to be hanged for nonsense is the devil.
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