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

Quote by John Dryden

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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...

Even victors are by victory undone

Even victors are by victory undone

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is...

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is...

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...

You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked...

You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked...

For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an age, when no man dies for...

For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an age, when no man dies for...

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

None but the brave deserves the fair.

None but the brave deserves the fair.

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

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

To die is landing on some distant shore.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.

Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he...

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he...

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.

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...

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.

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

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

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

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.