Abuse Quote by John Denham

We are never like angels till our passion dies.

— John Denham

Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate.

— John Denham

Learn to live well, that thou may'st die so too; To live and die is all we have to do.

— John Denham

Tis the most certain sign, the world's accurst That the best things corrupted, are the worst; 'Twas the corrupted Light of knowledge, hurl'd Sin,…

— John Denham

Uncertain ways unsafest are, and doubt a greater mischief than despair.

— John Denham

“Books should to one of these four ends conduce, For wisdom, piety, delight, or use.”

— John Denham

It is no exaggeration to say that Israeli policy in the occupied territories is not simply a matter of foreign policy - it is…

— John Denham

But whither am I strayed? I need not raise Trophies to thee from other men's dispraise; Nor is thy fame on lesser ruins built;…

— John Denham

Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year.

— John Denham

Who fears not to do ill fears the name, And free from conscience, is a slave to fame.

— John Denham

Such is our pride, our folly, or our fate, That few, but such as cannot write, translate.

— John Denham

Youth, what man's age is like to be, doth show; We may our ends by our beginnings know.

— John Denham