Enemy Quote by John Dryden

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“Discover the opinion of your enemies, which is commonly the truest; for they will give you no quarter, and allow nothing to complaisance.”

John Dryden

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To take up half on trust, and half to try, Name it not faith but bungling bigotry.

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Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.

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A coward is the kindest animal; 'Tis the most forgiving creature in a fight.

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God never made his work for man to mend.

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Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

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Stiff opinion, always in the wrong.

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He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every…

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Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes.

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