But how can finite grasp Infinity?
JOHN DRYDENShame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
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Imagining is in itself the very height and life of poetry, which, by a kind of enthusiasm or extraordinary emotion of the soul, makes it seem to us that we behold those things which the poet paints.
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All empire is no more than power in trust.
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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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Old age creeps on us where we think it night.
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For they can conquer who believe they can.
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Desire of greatness is a godlike sin.
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Let Fortune empty her whole quiver on me, I have a soul that, like an ample shield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more; Fate was not mine, nor am I Fate’s: Souls know no conquerors.
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If passion rules, how weak does reason prove!
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The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind’s great bribe.
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Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause.
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The winds are out of breath.
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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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When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.
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Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more.
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