Politicians neither love nor hate.
JOHN DRYDENFreedom which in no other land will thrive, Freedom an English subject’s sole prerogative.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be.
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Self-defense is Nature’s eldest law.
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When I consider life, ’tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think tomorrow will repay. Tomorrow’s falser than the former day.
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Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun.
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Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.
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Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
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Every age has a kind of universal genius, which inclines those that live in it to some particular studies.
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If you have lived, take thankfully the past. Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last.
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No king nor nation one moment can retard the appointed hour.
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If passion rules, how weak does reason prove!
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Luxurious kings are to their people lost, They live like drones, upon the public cost.
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For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.
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Nothing to build, and all things to destroy.
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Hushed as midnight silence.
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Sweet is pleasure after pain.
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