Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Quote by John Dryden

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But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

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.

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 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...

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

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...

If you want to be happy, be.

If you want to be happy, be.

The last person one wants to be is themselves. Sadly, that is the best person...

The last person one wants to be is themselves. Sadly, that is the best person...