Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.

Quote by John Dryden

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By education most have been misled; so they believe, because they were bred. The priest...

By education most have been misled; so they believe, because they were bred. The priest...

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered...

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered...

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, but good men starve for want of...

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, but good men starve for want of...

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...

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

What all your sex desire is Sovereignty

What all your sex desire is Sovereignty

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

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.

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...

But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

For they conquer who believe they can.

For they conquer who believe they can.

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

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...