Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

Quote by John Dryden

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Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

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...

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

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

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

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.

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.

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

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

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...

War is the trade of kings.

War is the trade of kings.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

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...

Love is love's reward.

Love is love's reward.

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!

Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!

A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit

A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit

We become what we repeatedly do.

We become what we repeatedly do.