And plenty makes us poor.

Quote by John Dryden

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Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

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.

Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise...

Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise...

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

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...

But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

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...

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery...

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery...

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...

None but the brave deserves the fair.

None but the brave deserves the fair.

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...

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

What all your sex desire is Sovereignty

What all your sex desire is Sovereignty

So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she...

So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she...

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.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

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

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