Murder may pass unpunished for a time, But tardy justice will overtake the crime.
JOHN DRYDENI never saw any good that came of telling truth.
More John Dryden Quotes
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He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.
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If the faults of men in orders are only to be judged among themselves, they are all in some sort parties; for, since they say the honour of their order is concerned in every member of it, how can we be sure that they will be impartial judges?
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But Shakespeare’s magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
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A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.
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Virgil and Horace were the severest writers of the severest age.
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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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Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
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War is the trade of kings.
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For secrets are edged tools, And must be kept from children and from fools.
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Of all the tyrannies on human kind the worst is that which persecutes the mind.
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Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be.
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For those whom God to ruin has design’d, He fits for fate, and first destroys their mind.
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Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
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Sure there is none but fears a future state; And when the most obdurate swear they do not, Their trembling hearts belie their boasting tongues.
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What precious drops are those, Which silently each other’s track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?
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