Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought, Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught, The wise, for cure, on exercise depend; God never made his work for man to mend.
JOHN DRYDENAll flowers will droop in the absence of the sun that waked their sweets.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Pride – Lord of human kind.
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Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings.
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Griefs assured are felt before they come.
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It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, can rule nothing, but is ruled by prudence.
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Virtue in distress, and vice in triumph make atheists of mankind.
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He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.
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Treason is greatest where trust is greatest.
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None but the brave deserve the fair.
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All authors to their own defects are blind.
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Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
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Parting is worse than death; it is death of love!
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Many things impossible to thought have been by need to full perfection brought.
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The bravest men are subject most to chance.
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He who would search for pearls must dive below.
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They that possess the prince possess the laws.
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