But far more numerous was the herd of such,
Who think too little and who talk too much.
Who think too little and who talk too much.
John Dryden Quotations
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We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.
You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked through the water.
How can finite grasp infinity
Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.
Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare.
Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.
They think to little who talk to much.
And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
The conscience of a people is their power.
Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
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.
Reason to rule but mercy to forgive The first is the law, the last prerogative.
Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He, who can call to-day his own:
He who, secure within, can say,
To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
He, who can call to-day his own:
He who, secure within, can say,
To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
None are so busy as the fool and knave.
Pains of love be sweeter far Than all other pleasures are.
But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little and who talk too much.
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
Dreams are but interludes that fancy makes...
Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behind
Rush forward in the brain, and come to mind.
Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behind
Rush forward in the brain, and come to mind.
Look around the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.
Beware of the fury of the patient man.
Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Death in itself is nothing but we fear To be we know not what, we know not where.
A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boils.