Honor is but an empty bubble.

Quote by John Dryden

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Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

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...

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

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.

None but the brave deserves the fair.

None but the brave deserves the fair.

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...

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!

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

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...

War is the trade of kings.

War is the trade of kings.

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...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

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...

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

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.

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

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...

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 -...