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.
JOHN DRYDENYouth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Satire is a kind of poetry in which human vices are reprehended.
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Death ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene.
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For they can conquer who believe they can.
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Repartee is the soul of conversation.
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Griefs assured are felt before they come.
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Freedom which in no other land will thrive, Freedom an English subject’s sole prerogative.
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Swift was the race, but short the time to run.
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Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.
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Love is a passion Which kindles honor into noble acts.
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Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
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I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
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Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.
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Parting is worse than death; it is death of love!
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Nor is the people’s judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few.
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Pity only on fresh objects stays, but with the tedious sight of woes decays.
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