Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more.
JOHN DRYDENBy education most have been misled.
More John Dryden Quotes
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By education most have been misled.
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Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts.
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Every age has a kind of universal genius, which inclines those that live in it to some particular studies.
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Take not away the life you cannot give: For all things have an equal right to live.
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All authors to their own defects are blind.
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Among our crimes oblivion may be set.
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Shakespeare was the Homer, or father of our dramatic poets;Jonson was theVirgil, the pattern of elaborate writing; I admire him, but I love Shakespeare.
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Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
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What precious drops are those, Which silently each other’s track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?
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Much malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.
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Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
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Politicians neither love nor hate.
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Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.
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If passion rules, how weak does reason prove!
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Love is not in our choice but in our fate.
JOHN DRYDEN