Lucky men are favorites of Heaven.
JOHN DRYDENSculptors are obliged to follow the manners of the painters, and to make many ample folds, which are unsufferable hardness, and more like a rock than a natural garment.
More John Dryden Quotes
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War seldom enters but where wealth allures.
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Virtue is her own reward.
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Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
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All objects lose by too familiar a view.
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Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil.
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All heiresses are beautiful.
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Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
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For they can conquer who believe they can.
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There is a pleasure in being mad, which none but madmen know.
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But Shakespeare’s magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
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But love’s a malady without a cure.
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Swift was the race, but short the time to run.
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He who would search for pearls must dive below.
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Order is the greatest grace.
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And plenty makes us poor.
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