By education most have been misled; so they believe, because they were bred. The priest continues where the nurse began, and thus the child imposes on the man.

Quote by John Dryden

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War is the trade of kings.

War is the trade of kings.

A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.

A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.

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...

Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.

Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.

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

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

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we...

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we...

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount...

He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount...

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is, with thoughts of what may...

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is, with thoughts of what may...

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

None but the brave deserves the fair.

None but the brave deserves the fair.

All heiresses are beautiful.

All heiresses are beautiful.

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor...

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor...

Love is love's reward.

Love is love's reward.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.