A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth.
JOHN DRYDENNone, 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.
More John Dryden Quotes
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They that possess the prince possess the laws.
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Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.
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Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts.
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None but the brave deserve the fair.
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The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature’s eye.
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But when to sin our biased nature leans, The careful Devil is still at hand with means; And providently pimps for ill desires.
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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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They think too little who talk too much.
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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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The love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.
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For age but tastes of pleasures youth devours.
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Love is a passion Which kindles honor into noble acts.
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God never made his work for man to mend.
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There’s a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks.
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Blown roses hold their sweetness to the last.
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