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Quotes by John Dryden

"Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue."
By John Dryden
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"Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace."
By John Dryden
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"They think to little who talk to much."
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"Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He, who can call to-day his own:
He who, secure within, can say,
To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today."
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"But far more numerous was the herd of such,
Who think too little and who talk too much."
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"We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure."
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"The conscience of a people is their power."
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"Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare."
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"Beware of the fury of the patient man."
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"Dreams are but interludes that fancy makes...
Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behind
Rush forward in the brain, and come to mind."
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"Beware the fury of a patient man."
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"Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today."
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"Beware the fury of a patient man."
By John Dryden
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"The people have a right supremeTo make their kings, for Kings are made for them.All Empire is no more than Pow'r in Trust,Which"
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"Beware the fury of a patient man."
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"All human things are subject to decay,And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obeyThis Flecknoe found, who like Augustus youngWas"
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"We first make our habits, and then our habits make us."
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"Reason to rule but mercy to forgive The first is the law, the last prerogative."
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"Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide."
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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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"How can finite grasp infinity"
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"The gates of Hell are open night and day Smooth the descent, and easy is the way But, to return, and view the cheerful skies In"
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"Look around the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it, pursue."
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"Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain."
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"Pains of love be sweeter far Than all other pleasures are."
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