Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be.

Quote by John Dryden

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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...

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.

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

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

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

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

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

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

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.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

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...

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!

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

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...

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

Most part of a lover's life is full of agony, anxiety, fear and grief, complaints,...

Most part of a lover's life is full of agony, anxiety, fear and grief, complaints,...

I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure...

I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure...

I remember a time when everybody I loved hated me because I hated them.

I remember a time when everybody I loved hated me because I hated them.