All objects lose by too familiar a view.

Quote by John Dryden

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All heiresses are beautiful

All heiresses are beautiful

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...

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

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

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

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an...

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

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...

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

Every age has a kind of universal genius, which includes those that live in it...

Every age has a kind of universal genius, which includes those that live in it...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an...

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...

Great wits are sure to madness near allied - And thin partitions do their bounds...

Great wits are sure to madness near allied - And thin partitions do their bounds...

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...

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

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

Even victors are by victories undone.

Even victors are by victories undone.