Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Quote by John Dryden

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

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

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...

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...

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

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...

Love is love's reward.

Love is love's reward.

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...

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

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

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath...

Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath...

All heiresses are beautiful.

All heiresses are beautiful.

And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

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...

It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind...

It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind...

As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant...

As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant...

Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would...

Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would...

It was nice growing up with someone like you; someone to lean on, someone to...

It was nice growing up with someone like you; someone to lean on, someone to...