He who would pry behind the scenes oft sees a counterfeit.
JOHN DRYDENLove and Time with reverence use, Treat them like a parting friend: Nor the golden gifts refuse Which in youth sincere they send: For each year their price is more, And they less simple than before.
More John Dryden Quotes
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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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Riches cannot rescue from the grave, which claims alike the monarch and the slave.
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Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.
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They that possess the prince possess the laws.
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War seldom enters but where wealth allures.
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Youth, beauty, graceful action seldom fail: But common interest always will prevail; And pity never ceases to be shown To him who makes the people’s wrongs his own.
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Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.
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Words are but pictures of our thoughts.
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Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
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For age but tastes of pleasures youth devours.
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Silence in times of suffering is the best.
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Take not away the life you cannot give: For all things have an equal right to live.
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Repentance is but want of power to sin.
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At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace.
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The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.
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