Beware of the fury of the patient man.
JOHN DRYDENWhen a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Repartee is the soul of conversation.
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Desire of greatness is a godlike sin.
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They live too long who happiness outlive.
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But love’s a malady without a cure.
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Since a true knowledge of nature gives us pleasure, a lively imitation of it, either in poetry or painting, must produce a much greater; for both these arts are not only true imitations of nature, but of the best nature.
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Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.
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All delays are dangerous in war.
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All objects lose by too familiar a view.
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For they can conquer who believe they can.
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Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.
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Politicians neither love nor hate.
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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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Death ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene.
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Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
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Merit challenges envy.
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