"And he, who servilely creeps after sense, Is……" — John Dryden
"And he, who servilely creeps after sense, Is safe, but ne'er will reach an excellence."
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335 Quotes by John Dryden
John Dryden has 335 quotes on this site.
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War is the trade of kings.
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Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!
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Humility and resignation are our prime virtues.
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Not to ask is not be denied.
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An horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.
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She feared no danger, for she knew no sin.
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Accurst ambition, how dearly I have bought you.
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Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.
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Bacchus ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain. Bachus's blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure,…
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Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
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He look'd in years, yet in his years were seen A youthful vigor, and autumnal green.
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All heiresses are beautiful.
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More Creeps Quotes
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When Whitney Houston died, I felt great sadness. My sadness, of course, was about our collective loss - when you…
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Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
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Ambition can creep as well as soar.
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I decided to stop drinking with creeps. I decided to drink only with friends. I've lost 30 pounds.
— Ernest Hemingway
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Don't confuse [Father's Day] with Valentine's Day, and here's why. Boy, will you creep him out. I can just tell…
— Jon Stewart
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Through our sunless lanes creeps Poverty with her hungry eyes, and Sin with his sodden face follows close behind her.…
— Oscar Wilde
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A man without ambition is like a beautiful worm - it can creep, but it cannot fly.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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We're left alone with each other. We have to creep close to each other and give gentle little nudges with…
— Tennessee Williams
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[The papists] ought to have sympathy with us weak, poor Christians, and not condemn us or make fun of us…
— Martin Luther
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There is a capacity of virtue in us, and there is a capacity of vice to make your blood creep.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Oall the creatures that creep and breathe on earth, there is none more wretched than man.
— Homer
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Look at the earth crowded with growth, new and old bursting from their strong roots hidden in the silent, live…
— Emily Carr
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