Honor is but an empty bubble.

Quote by John Dryden

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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...

Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.

Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.

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...

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

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...

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...

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

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

For they conquer who believe they can.

For they conquer who believe they can.

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

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!

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Sometimes we see things not as they are but as we are: Love brings understanding

Sometimes we see things not as they are but as we are: Love brings understanding

While God waits for His temple to be built of love, Men bring stones.

While God waits for His temple to be built of love, Men bring stones.

Love is the Fire of Life; it either consumes or purifies

Love is the Fire of Life; it either consumes or purifies

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true...

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true...