John Dryden Quotes
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And raw in fields the rude militia swarms,Mouths without hands; maintain'd at vast expense,In peace a charge, in war a weak defence;Stout once a month they march, a blustering band,And ever but in times of need at hand.
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Whatever is, is in its causes just.
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And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.
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All objects lose by too familiar a view.
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Words are but pictures of our thoughts.
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Old as I am, for ladies' love unfit,The power of beauty I remember yet.
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He's somewhat lewd; but a well-meaning mind;Weeps much; fights little; but is wond'rous kind.
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Possess your soul with patience.
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Large was his wealth, but larger was his heart.
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The first is the law, the last prerogative.
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He who would search for pearls must dive below.
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An horrid stillness first invades the ear,And in that silence we the tempest fear.
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Timotheus, to his breathing flute, And sounding lyre,Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
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Even victors are by victories undone.
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His hair just grizzled,As in a green old age.
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For they conquer who believe they can.
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A man so various, that he seem’d to beNot one, but all mankind’s epitome;Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong,Was everything by starts, and nothing long;But in the course of one revolving moonWas chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
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A satirical poet is the check of the laymen on bad priests.
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As long as words a different sense will bear, And each may be his own interpreter, Our airy faith will no foundation find; The word's a weathercock for every wind.
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Sigh'd and look'd, and sigh'd again.
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Love conquers all, and we must yield to Love.
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Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
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Happy, happy, happy pair!None but the brave, None but the brave,None but the brave deserves the fair.
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Railing in other men may be a crime,But ought to pass for mere instinct in him:Instinct he follows and no further knows,For to write verse with him is to transpose.