Silence in times of suffering is the best.
JOHN DRYDENAll flowers will droop in the absence of the sun that waked their sweets.
More John Dryden Quotes
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The trumpet’s loud clangor Excites us to arms.
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And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require.
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When we view elevated ideas of Nature, the result of that view is admiration, which is always the cause of pleasure.
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Words are but pictures of our thoughts.
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Secret guilt is by silence revealed.
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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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When I consider life, ’tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think tomorrow will repay. Tomorrow’s falser than the former day.
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Hushed as midnight silence.
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The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind’s great bribe.
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None but the brave deserve the fair.
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Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.
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But love’s a malady without a cure.
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He who would pry behind the scenes oft sees a counterfeit.
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At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace.
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What, start at this! when sixty years have spread. Their grey experience o’er thy hoary head? Is this the all observing age could gain? Or hast thou known the world so long in vain?
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