As one that neither seeks, nor shuns his foe.
JOHN DRYDEN- Men’s virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes.
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Men’s virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes.
More John Dryden Quotes
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As one that neither seeks, nor shuns his foe.
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The love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.
JOHN DRYDENThe love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.
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Our vows are heard betimes! and Heaven takes care To grant, before we can conclude the prayer: Preventing angels met it half the way, And sent us back to praise, who came to pray.
JOHN DRYDENOur vows are heard betimes! and Heaven takes care To grant, before we can conclude the prayer: Preventing angels met it half the way, And sent us back to praise, who came to pray.
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Old age creeps on us where we think it night.
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Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.
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Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
JOHN DRYDENAnger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
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Men’s virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes.
JOHN DRYDENMen’s virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes.
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Hushed as midnight silence.
JOHN DRYDENHushed as midnight silence.
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Honor is but an empty bubble.
JOHN DRYDENHonor is but an empty bubble.
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Virtue in distress, and vice in triumph make atheists of mankind.
JOHN DRYDENVirtue in distress, and vice in triumph make atheists of mankind.
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A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.
JOHN DRYDENA narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.
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O freedom, first delight of human kind!
JOHN DRYDENO freedom, first delight of human kind!
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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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Riches cannot rescue from the grave, which claims alike the monarch and the slave.
JOHN DRYDENRiches cannot rescue from the grave, which claims alike the monarch and the slave.
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The scum that rises upmost, when the nation boils.
JOHN DRYDENThe scum that rises upmost, when the nation boils.
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Nothing to build, and all things to destroy.
JOHN DRYDENNothing to build, and all things to destroy.
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