Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness.
JOHN DRYDENAnd plenty makes us poor.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Secret guilt is by silence revealed.
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All delays are dangerous in war.
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An horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.
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A good conscience is a port which is landlocked on every side, where no winds can possibly invade. There a man may not only see his own image, but that of his Maker, clearly reflected from the undisturbed waters.
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We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
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Here lies my wife: here let her lie! Now she’s at rest, and so am I.
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All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.
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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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If the faults of men in orders are only to be judged among themselves, they are all in some sort parties; for, since they say the honour of their order is concerned in every member of it, how can we be sure that they will be impartial judges?
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All heiresses are beautiful.
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As one that neither seeks, nor shuns his foe.
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Not sharp revenge, nor hell itself can find, A fiercer torment than a guilty mind, Which day and night doth dreadfully accuse, Condemns the wretch, and still the charge renews.
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Great souls forgive not injuries till time has put their enemies within their power, that they may show forgiveness is their own.
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Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause.
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Silence in times of suffering is the best.
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