English - Poet | August 19, 1631 - May 12, 1700
He who would search for pearls must dive below.
John Dryden
SearchDivePearlsMustWouldWho
Beware the fury of a patient man.
PatienceManPatientBewareFury
Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.
FearGreatMaskBoldnessHowever
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
FirstUsHabitsMakeOurThen
When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.
LifeHopePeopleCheatFavorFooled
Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
AngerMindThoughtsLongWillNever
Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows much more; if future fortunes were known before!
FutureJoyBusyFateFindPerson
Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.
SoulJealousy
Repentance is but want of power to sin.
PowerSinWantRepentance
Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.
LoveFoolWiseWayMindsDifferent
But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
ThinkToo MuchTalkMoreLittleFar
Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail.
LionStubbornNowWillOwnTail
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