But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
JOHN DRYDENBeware the fury of a patient man.
More John Dryden Quotes
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He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.
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All objects lose by too familiar a view.
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Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthly mother ten, Man looks aloft; and with erected eyes Beholds his own hereditary skies.
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O freedom, first delight of human kind!
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Present joys are more to flesh and blood Than a dull prospect of a distant good.
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War seldom enters but where wealth allures.
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None, none descends into himself, to find The secret imperfections of his mind: But every one is eagle-ey’d to see Another’s faults, and his deformity.
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Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.
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We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
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And write whatever Time shall bring to pass With pens of adamant on plates of brass.
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Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts.
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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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When a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
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Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness.
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Luxurious kings are to their people lost, They live like drones, upon the public cost.
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