He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.

Quote by John Dryden

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Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

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.

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...

He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...

He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...

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...

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...

God never made his work for man to mend.

God never made his work for man to mend.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

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

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

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate...

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate...

War, he sung, is toil and trouble; honour but an empty bubble.

War, he sung, is toil and trouble; honour but an empty bubble.

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

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

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes...

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes...

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.