All heiresses are beautiful.

Quote by John Dryden

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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...

Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!

Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...

He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...

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.

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...

All heiresses are beautiful

All heiresses are beautiful

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

Even victors are by victory undone

Even victors are by victory undone

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...

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. Yet, fooled by hope, men favour the...

When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. Yet, fooled by hope, men favour the...

For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs...

For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs...

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

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

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self...

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self...

You will not be punished for your anger. You will be punished by your anger.

You will not be punished for your anger. You will be punished by your anger.