None would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain; And, from the dregs of life, think to receive, What the first sprightly running could not give.
JOHN DRYDENAll flowers will droop in the absence of the sun that waked their sweets.
More John Dryden Quotes
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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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War is the trade of kings.
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An hour will come, with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.
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Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.
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Sweet is pleasure after pain.
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The conscience of a people is their power.
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Few know the use of life before ’tis past.
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When a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
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Pity melts the mind to love.
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And write whatever Time shall bring to pass With pens of adamant on plates of brass.
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Luxurious kings are to their people lost, They live like drones, upon the public cost.
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Treason is greatest where trust is greatest.
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He trudged along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought.
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Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
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Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.
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