All heiresses are beautiful.

Quote by John Dryden

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Even victors are by victories undone.

Even victors are by victories undone.

There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times...

There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times...

Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.

Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

By education most have been misled; so they believe, because they were bred. The priest...

By education most have been misled; so they believe, because they were bred. The priest...

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is...

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is...

War, he sung, is toil and trouble; honour but an empty bubble.

War, he sung, is toil and trouble; honour but an empty bubble.

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.

By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.

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...

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

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...

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.

You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked...

You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked...

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes...

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes...

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

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...