John Dryden

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Quote	Categories	Rating	Rate
"A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boils."	Miscellaneous
"And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm."	Military, Virtue, War
"Beware the fury of a patient man!"	Men, Military, Patience
"Death in itself is nothing; but we fear To be we know not what, we know not where."	Death, Fear, Knowledge
"Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide."	Art, Excellence, Lies
"Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call today his own; He who, secure within, can say: 'Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have liv'd today.'"	Happiness, Joy, Life
"How can finite grasp infinity?"	Miscellaneous
"Look around the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it, pursue."	Ability, Evil, Habits
"Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain."	Change, Desires, Men
"Pains of love be sweeter far Than all other pleasures are."	Love
"The gates of Hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way; But, to return, and view the cheerful skies; In this, the task and mighty labor lies."	Lies, Time
"We first make our habits, and then our habits make us."	Habits
"You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked through the water."	Love

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