"Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who……" — John Dryden
"Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below."
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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 Dive Quotes
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Every time you dive, you hope you'll see something new - some new species. Sometimes the ocean gives you a…
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The beautiful thing about acting is that you can just dive into the character, strip yourself of everything, and just…
— Nick Cannon
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I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive…
— Tori Amos
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MaCleod, since you've flown the SeaBee a lot you'll understand when I say it was the only airplane I ever…
— Ernest K. Gann
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There are always going to be people who run faster, jump higher, dive deeper, and come up drier.
— Darrell Royal
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Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone and following one after the other like…
— Alexander Graham Bell
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Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not…
— Louisa May Alcott
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Those who dive in the sea of affliction bring up rare pearls.
— Charles Spurgeon
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It's like, imagine the ripples on top of an ocean. And I'm in a rowboat, reactively dealing with the waves…
— Mehmet Oz
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A purified mind can grasp anything. It can dive deep into the subtlest subject and understand even transcendental things.
— Sivananda
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The ego's phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I'-thought rises
— Ramana Maharshi
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