He who would search for pearls must dive below.

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...

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

What all your sex desire is Sovereignty

What all your sex desire is Sovereignty

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

War is the trade of Kings.

War is the trade of Kings.

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

Even victors are by victory undone

Even victors are by victory undone

If you think you can win, you can. Faith is necessary to victory.

If you think you can win, you can. Faith is necessary to victory.

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.