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

Quote by John Dryden

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Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

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

He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount...

He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount...

Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure

Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, but good men starve for want of...

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, but good men starve for want of...

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

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.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

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...

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

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...

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

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...

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

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...

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.

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

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

Even victors are by victories undone.

Even victors are by victories undone.