Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.
JOHN DRYDENLet grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections.
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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They say everything in the world is good for something.
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Love is a passion Which kindles honor into noble acts.
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A happy genius is the gift of nature.
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Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more.
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Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.
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Truth is the object of our understanding, as good is of our will; and the understanding can no more be delighted with a lie than the will can choose an apparent evil.
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Virgil and Horace were the severest writers of the severest age.
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Those who write ill, and they who ne’er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.
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Blown roses hold their sweetness to the last.
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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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God never made his work for man to mend.
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Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.
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Luxurious kings are to their people lost, They live like drones, upon the public cost.
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Virtue is her own reward.
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