For they can conquer who believe they can.
JOHN DRYDENThey think too little who talk too much.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Light sufferings give us leisure to complain.
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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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Pride – Lord of human kind.
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Truth is the object of our understanding, as good is of our will; and the understanding can no more be delighted with a lie than the will can choose an apparent evil.
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Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today: 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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Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
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Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.
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Great souls forgive not injuries till time has put their enemies within their power, that they may show forgiveness is their own.
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Pity only on fresh objects stays, but with the tedious sight of woes decays.
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The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind’s great bribe.
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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.
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He trudged along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought.
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Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from pole to pole, So others may say when you are dead and gone. See what a vast estate he left his son.
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I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night.
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Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.
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