Since a true knowledge of nature gives us pleasure, a lively imitation of it, either in poetry or painting, must produce a much greater; for both these arts are not only true imitations of nature, but of the best nature.
JOHN DRYDENGreat wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Pity melts the mind to love.
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Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
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For they can conquer who believe they can.
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The winds are out of breath.
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All empire is no more than power in trust.
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If all the world be worth thy winning. / Think, oh think it worth enjoying: / Lovely Thaïs sits beside thee, / Take the good the gods provide thee.
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Every language is so full of its own proprieties that what is beautiful in one is often barbarous, nay, sometimes nonsense, in another.
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Murder may pass unpunished for a time, But tardy justice will overtake the crime.
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Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.
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All delays are dangerous in war.
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The thought of being nothing after death is a burden insupportable to a virtuous man.
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And write whatever Time shall bring to pass With pens of adamant on plates of brass.
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The trumpet’s loud clangor Excites us to arms.
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Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
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If thou dost still retain the same ill habits, the same follies, too, still thou art bound to vice, and still a slave.
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