By education most have been misled.
JOHN DRYDENPresent joys are more to flesh and blood Than a dull prospect of a distant good.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more.
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Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.
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When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.
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And love’s the noblest frailty of the mind.
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They say everything in the world is good for something.
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A happy genius is the gift of nature.
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At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace.
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By education most have been misled; So they believe, because they were bred. The priest continues where the nurse began, And thus the child imposes on the man.
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Repartee is the soul of conversation.
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Dancing is the poetry of the foot.
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Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause.
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Old as I am, for ladies’ love unfit, The power of beauty I remember yet.
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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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And plenty makes us poor.
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Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.
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