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

Quote by John Dryden

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To die is landing on some distant shore.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery...

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery...

And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

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...

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

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

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

For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an age, when no man dies for...

For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an age, when no man dies for...

War is the trade of kings.

War is the trade of kings.

More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store

More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is...

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is...

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

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...

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we...

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we...

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

What passions cannot music raise or quell?