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Us Quotes by John Dryden
- Is it not evident, in these last hundred years (when the Study of Philosophy has been the business of all the Virtuosi in Christendome) that…
- Since every man who lives is born to die, And none can boast sincere felicity, With equal mind, what happens, let us bear, Nor joy…
- Our vows are heard betimes! and Heaven takes care To grant, before we can conclude the prayer: Preventing angels met it half the way, And…
- When the Sun sets, shadows, that shew'd at Noon But small, appear most long and terrible; So, when we think Fate hovers o'er our Heads,…
- Light sufferings give us leisure to complain.
- The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms.
- And plenty makes us poor.
- We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
- Welcome, thou kind deceiver! Thou best of thieves; who, with an easy key, Dost open life, and, unperceived by us, Even steal us from ourselves.
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