A good conscience is a port which is landlocked on every side, where no winds can possibly invade. There a man may not only see his own image, but that of his Maker, clearly reflected from the undisturbed waters.
JOHN DRYDENLight sufferings give us leisure to complain.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Pride – Lord of human kind.
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War seldom enters but where wealth allures.
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Much malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.
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Sure there’s contagion in the tears of friends.
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No king nor nation one moment can retard the appointed hour.
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Politicians neither love nor hate.
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Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings.
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Be fair, or foul, or rain, or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.
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All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
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A farce is that in poetry which grotesque (caricature) is in painting. The persons and actions of a farce are all unnatural, and the manners false, that is, inconsistent with the characters of mankind; and grotesque painting is the just resemblance of this.
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No government has ever been, or can ever be, wherein time-servers and blockheads will not be uppermost.
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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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Deathless laurel is the victor’s due.
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Parting is worse than death; it is death of love!
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Trust on and think To-morrow will repay; To-morrow’s falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blest With some new Joys, cuts off what we possest.
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