Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more.
JOHN DRYDENLet grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections.
More John Dryden Quotes
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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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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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Honor is but an empty bubble.
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Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
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Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from pole to pole, So others may say when you are dead and gone. See what a vast estate he left his son.
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None but the brave deserve the fair.
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Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
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I am resolved to grow fat and look young till forty, and then slip out of the world with the first wrinkle and the reputation of five-and-twenty.
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Desire of greatness is a godlike sin.
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Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.
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Sculptors are obliged to follow the manners of the painters, and to make many ample folds, which are unsufferable hardness, and more like a rock than a natural garment.
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Pity melts the mind to love.
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All authors to their own defects are blind.
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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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But love’s a malady without a cure.
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