If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed the deeper they burn.

Quote by John Dryden

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The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

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...

But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

Even victors are by victories undone.

Even victors are by victories undone.

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...

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.

All heiresses are beautiful

All heiresses are beautiful

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.

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times...

There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times...

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

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.

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

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

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.