And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require.
JOHN DRYDEN
Dreams 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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And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require.
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Lucky men are favorites 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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Treason is greatest where trust is greatest.
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He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him.
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Be fair, or foul, or rain, or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.
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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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Love is a passion Which kindles honor into noble acts.
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Fowls, by winter forced, forsake the floods, and wing their hasty flight to happier lands.
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Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts.
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Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.
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Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more.
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Some of our philosophizing divines have too much exalted the faculties of our souls, when they have maintained that by their force mankind has been able to find out God.
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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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Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below.
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