Honor is but an empty bubble.

Quote by John Dryden

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Every age has a kind of universal genius, which includes those that live in it...

Every age has a kind of universal genius, which includes those that live in it...

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor...

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor...

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...

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

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

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

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.

By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.

By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was...

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was...

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

For they conquer who believe they can.

For they conquer who believe they can.

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...

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered...

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered...

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

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...

One's sister is part of one's essential self, an eternal presence of one's heart, soul...

One's sister is part of one's essential self, an eternal presence of one's heart, soul...

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear