For secrets are edged tools, And must be kept from children and from fools.
JOHN DRYDENDreams are but interludes that fancy makes… Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behind Rush forward in the brain, and come to mind.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
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And write whatever Time shall bring to pass With pens of adamant on plates of brass.
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Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.
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Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.
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They that possess the prince possess the laws.
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I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night.
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All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
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Good sense and good-nature are never separated, though the ignorant world has thought otherwise. Good-nature, by which I mean beneficence and candor, is the product of right reason.
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Self-defense is Nature’s eldest law.
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The scum that rises upmost, when the nation boils.
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Hushed as midnight silence.
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Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
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Pity only on fresh objects stays, but with the tedious sight of woes decays.
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Griefs assured are felt before they come.
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Beware the fury of a patient man.
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