Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Quote by John Dryden

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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.

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

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

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

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...

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

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...

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

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

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...

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

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

He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...

He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

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...

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...

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

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.

Reason is the slow and torturous method by which those who do not know the...

Reason is the slow and torturous method by which those who do not know the...

When once a man is launched on such an adventure as this, he must bid...

When once a man is launched on such an adventure as this, he must bid...