Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Quote by John Dryden

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When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered...

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered...

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

For they conquer who believe they can.

For they conquer who believe they can.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

What all your sex desire is Sovereignty

What all your sex desire is Sovereignty

More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store

More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store

Successful crimes alone are justified

Successful crimes alone are justified

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.

Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.

Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.

Sometimes we see things not as they are but as we are: Love brings understanding

Sometimes we see things not as they are but as we are: Love brings understanding

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was...

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was...

All heiresses are beautiful.

All heiresses are beautiful.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.