More quotes by John Denham
Such is our pride, our folly, or our fate,
That few but such as cannot write, translate.
Wisdom's first progress is to take a view
What's decent or indecent, false or true.
Books should to one of these four ends conduce,
For wisdom, piety, delight, or use.
When any great design thou dost intend,
Think of the means, the manner, and the end.
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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.
Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
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