"Man is a creature of a willful head,……" — Samuel Daniel
"Man is a creature of a willful head, And hardly driven is, but eas'ly led."
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Samuel Daniel
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20 Quotes by Samuel Daniel
Samuel Daniel has 20 quotes on this site.
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Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.
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Care-charmer Sleep, son of the sable Night, Brother to Death, in silent darkness born; Relive my languish, and restore the…
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We come to know best what men are, in their worse jeopardizes.
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Custom, that is before all law; Nature, that is above all art.
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The stars that have most glory have no rest.
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Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till…
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Sacred religion! mother of form and fear.
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And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain…
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Love is a sickness full of woes, all remedies refusing.
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Love is a sickness full of woes, All remedies refusing; A plant that with most cutting grows, Most barren with…
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The wise are above books.
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The absent danger greater still appears less fears he who is near the thing he fears.
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