Silence in times of suffering is the best.
JOHN DRYDENThe winds are out of breath.
More John Dryden Quotes
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There is a proud modesty in merit.
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We by art unteach what Nature taught.
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Murder may pass unpunished for a time, But tardy justice will overtake the crime.
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If thou dost still retain the same ill habits, the same follies, too, still thou art bound to vice, and still a slave.
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None are so busy as the fool and the knave.
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Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
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When a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
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Virtue in distress, and vice in triumph make atheists of mankind.
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Not sharp revenge, nor hell itself can find, A fiercer torment than a guilty mind, Which day and night doth dreadfully accuse, Condemns the wretch, and still the charge renews.
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Among our crimes oblivion may be set.
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Seas are the fields of combat for the winds; but when they sweep along some flowery coast, their wings move mildly, and their rage is lost.
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Presence of mind and courage in distress, Are more than arrives to procure success?
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Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.
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Politicians neither love nor hate.
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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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