All objects lose by too familiar a view.

Quote by John Dryden

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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 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...

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

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...

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

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...

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

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

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

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

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

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

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...

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...

For they conquer who believe they can.

For they conquer who believe they can.

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

War is the trade of Kings.

War is the trade of Kings.

Love is love's reward.

Love is love's reward.

And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

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.

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.