Honor is but an empty bubble.

Quote by John Dryden

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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...

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

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.

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...

Even victors are by victories undone.

Even victors are by victories undone.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.

Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.

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 -...

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth, that testified surprise

The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth, that testified surprise

War is the trade of Kings.

War is the trade of Kings.

Love is love's reward.

Love is love's reward.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

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...

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...

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

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...