I never saw any good that came of telling truth.
JOHN DRYDENAll flowers will droop in the absence of the sun that waked their sweets.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.
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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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Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.
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Satire among the Romans, but not among the Greeks, was a bitter invective poem.
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Blown roses hold their sweetness to the last.
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We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
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Let Fortune empty her whole quiver on me, I have a soul that, like an ample shield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more; Fate was not mine, nor am I Fate’s: Souls know no conquerors.
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He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.
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I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night.
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He who would search for pearls must dive below.
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We can never be grieved for their miseries who are thoroughly wicked, and have thereby justly called their calamities on themselves.
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All empire is no more than power in trust.
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An hour will come, with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.
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They think too little who talk too much.
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Among our crimes oblivion may be set.
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