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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If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

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!

Love is love's reward.

Love is love's reward.

Successful crimes alone are justified

Successful crimes alone are justified

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.

A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.

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...

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

He loved me well: so well he could but die - To show he loved...

He loved me well: so well he could but die - To show he loved...

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...

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

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...

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

There are three things most men love but never understand: females, girls and women.

There are three things most men love but never understand: females, girls and women.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for...

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for...