"Youth should watch joys and shoot them as…" — John Dryden
"Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly."
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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 Fly Quotes
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I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able…
— Alexis Arguello
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Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on…
— Mary Kay Ash
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None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its…
— Mary Astell
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What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat.
— Marcus Aurelius
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I could sell used battery acid and make it fly.
— Dan Aykroyd
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Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.
— Lauren Bacall
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Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what…
— Richard Bach
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A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
— Kevin Bacon
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I deliberately fly in and out of LA for as small a time as humanly possible.
— Eric Bana
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I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
— Douglas Adams
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In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.
— Douglas Adams
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Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she…
— Francis Beaumont
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