Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped; And they have kept it since by being dead.
JOHN DRYDENGod never made his work for man to mend.
More John Dryden Quotes
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So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.
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Old as I am, for ladies’ love unfit, The power of beauty I remember yet.
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He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.
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The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind’s great bribe.
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O freedom, first delight of human kind!
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But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
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Present joys are more to flesh and blood Than a dull prospect of a distant good.
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Murder may pass unpunished for a time, But tardy justice will overtake the crime.
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I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night.
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Light sufferings give us leisure to complain.
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Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.
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When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.
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Take not away the life you cannot give: For all things have an equal right to live.
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Few know the use of life before ’tis past.
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Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.
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