By education most have been misled; So they believe, because they were bred. The priest continues where the nurse began, And thus the child imposes on the man.
JOHN DRYDEN
A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.
More John Dryden Quotes
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There is a pleasure in being mad, which none but madmen know.
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Repartee is the soul of conversation.
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For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.
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Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
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The bravest men are subject most to chance.
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Freedom which in no other land will thrive, Freedom an English subject’s sole prerogative.
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Repentance is but want of power to sin.
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Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts.
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All authors to their own defects are blind.
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And love’s the noblest frailty of the mind.
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Few know the use of life before ’tis past.
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For secrets are edged tools, And must be kept from children and from fools.
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He who would search for pearls must dive below.
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So the false spider, when her nets are spread, deep ambushed in her silent den does lie.
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