Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.
JOHN DRYDENPoliticians neither love nor hate.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.
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For all the happiness mankind can gain Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain.
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Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.
JOHN DRYDENHim of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.
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What precious drops are those, Which silently each other’s track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?
JOHN DRYDENWhat precious drops are those, Which silently each other’s track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?
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For secrets are edged tools, And must be kept from children and from fools.
JOHN DRYDENFor secrets are edged tools, And must be kept from children and from fools.
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Sure there’s contagion in the tears of friends.
JOHN DRYDENSure there’s contagion in the tears of friends.
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Love and Time with reverence use, Treat them like a parting friend: Nor the golden gifts refuse Which in youth sincere they send: For each year their price is more, And they less simple than before.
JOHN DRYDENLove and Time with reverence use, Treat them like a parting friend: Nor the golden gifts refuse Which in youth sincere they send: For each year their price is more, And they less simple than before.
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An horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.
JOHN DRYDENAn horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.
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Deathless laurel is the victor’s due.
JOHN DRYDENDeathless laurel is the victor’s due.
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Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.
JOHN DRYDENBe slow to resolve, but quick in performance.
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Much malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.
JOHN DRYDENMuch malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.
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Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.
JOHN DRYDENSet all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.
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Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age.
JOHN DRYDENLove reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age.
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To die for faction is a common evil, But to be hanged for nonsense is the devil.
JOHN DRYDENTo die for faction is a common evil, But to be hanged for nonsense is the devil.
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Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
JOHN DRYDENContent with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
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Pity only on fresh objects stays, but with the tedious sight of woes decays.
JOHN DRYDENPity only on fresh objects stays, but with the tedious sight of woes decays.
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