The conscience of a people is their power.
JOHN DRYDENAll empire is no more than power in trust.
More John Dryden Quotes
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But Shakespeare’s magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
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Desire of greatness is a godlike sin.
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All authors to their own defects are blind.
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Love 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.
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He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
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Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections.
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Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.
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Virtue is her own reward.
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Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
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For age but tastes of pleasures youth devours.
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Our vows are heard betimes! and Heaven takes care To grant, before we can conclude the prayer: Preventing angels met it half the way, And sent us back to praise, who came to pray.
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Fool that I was, upon my eagle’s wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.
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Sure there is none but fears a future state; And when the most obdurate swear they do not, Their trembling hearts belie their boasting tongues.
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For what can power give more than food and drink, To live at ease, and not be bound to think?
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Presence of mind and courage in distress, Are more than arrives to procure success?
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