And love’s the noblest frailty of the mind.
JOHN DRYDENLet grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil.
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Affability, mildness, tenderness, and a word which I would fain bring back to its original signification of virtue,–I mean good-nature,–are of daily use; they are the bread of mankind and staff of life.
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Here lies my wife: here let her lie! Now she’s at rest, and so am I.
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They, who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men.
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For all the happiness mankind can gain Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain.
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For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.
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Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.
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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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Many things impossible to thought have been by need to full perfection brought.
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Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.
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What precious drops are those, Which silently each other’s track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?
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Honor is but an empty bubble.
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Great souls forgive not injuries till time has put their enemies within their power, that they may show forgiveness is their own.
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The bravest men are subject most to chance.
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All objects lose by too familiar a view.
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