Hushed as midnight silence.
JOHN DRYDENI’m a little wounded, but I am not slain; I will lay me down to bleed a while. Then I’ll rise and fight again.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Love is not in our choice but in our fate.
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Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
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He trudged along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought.
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Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
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Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
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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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Self-defense is Nature’s eldest law.
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I never saw any good that came of telling truth.
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Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness.
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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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Truth is the object of our understanding, as good is of our will; and the understanding can no more be delighted with a lie than the will can choose an apparent evil.
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But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
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Treason is greatest where trust is greatest.
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They think too little who talk too much.
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Pride – Lord of human kind.
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