Of all the tyrannies on human kind
The worst is that which persecutes the mind.
Quotes from The Hind and the Panther — John Dryden
1631–1700 England
22 quotes
And kind as kings upon their coronation day.
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And doomed to death, though fated not to die.
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War seldom enters but where wealth allures.
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For present joys are more to flesh and blood
Than a dull prospect of a distant good.
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For truth has such a face and such a mien
As to be loved needs only to be seen.
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Reason to rule, mercy to forgive:
The first is law, the last prerogative.
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For those whom God to ruin has design'd,
He fits for fate, and first destroys their mind.
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To take up half on trust, and half to try,
Name it not faith but bungling bigotry.
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For friendship, of itself a holy tie,
Is made more sacred by adversity.
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Too black for heav'n, and yet too white for hell.
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T' abhor the makers, and their laws approve,
Is to hate traitors and the treason love.
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For Pigeons' flesh he seems not much to care;
Cram'd Chickens are a more delicious fare.
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Jealousy, the jaundice of the soul.
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Possess your soul with patience.
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I saw myself the lambent easy light
Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night.
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She feared no danger, for she knew no sin.
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Secret guilt by silence is betrayed.
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All have not the gift of martyrdom.
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Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Dryden (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.