He is a perpetual fountain of good sense.
JOHN DRYDENAnd love’s the noblest frailty of the mind.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Few know the use of life before ’tis past.
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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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They that possess the prince possess the laws.
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Desire of greatness is a godlike sin.
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No king nor nation one moment can retard the appointed hour.
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Nor is the people’s judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few.
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None but the brave deserve the fair.
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Beware the fury of a patient man.
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Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
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Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.
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He trudged along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought.
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Shakespeare was the Homer, or father of our dramatic poets;Jonson was theVirgil, the pattern of elaborate writing; I admire him, but I love Shakespeare.
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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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All heiresses are beautiful.
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Present joys are more to flesh and blood Than a dull prospect of a distant good.
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