Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.

Quote by John Dryden

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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...

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered...

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered...

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...

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

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

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

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...

So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she...

So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she...

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...

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

Every age has a kind of universal genius, which includes those that live in it...

Every age has a kind of universal genius, which includes those that live in it...

War, he sung, is toil and trouble; honour but an empty bubble.

War, he sung, is toil and trouble; honour but an empty bubble.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

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

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

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...

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...

When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. Yet, fooled by hope, men favour the...

When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. Yet, fooled by hope, men favour the...

War is the trade of kings.

War is the trade of kings.

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us...

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us...

War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed

War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed