By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.

Quote by John Dryden

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War is the trade of kings.

War is the trade of kings.

God never made his work for man to mend.

God never made his work for man to mend.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

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...

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

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...

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store

More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store

All heiresses are beautiful

All heiresses are beautiful

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is, with thoughts of what may...

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is, with thoughts of what may...

And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

Little deeds of kindness, little words of love, help to make earth happy like the...

Little deeds of kindness, little words of love, help to make earth happy like the...

A woman's love is a man's privilege, not his right.

A woman's love is a man's privilege, not his right.