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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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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

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.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate...

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate...

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he...

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he...

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

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...

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!

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...

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a alent; my sole...

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a alent; my sole...

Morality is not really the doctrine of how to make ourselves happy but of how...

Morality is not really the doctrine of how to make ourselves happy but of how...

Consciously or unconsciously, everyone of us does render some service or another. If we cultivate...

Consciously or unconsciously, everyone of us does render some service or another. If we cultivate...