Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Quote by John Dryden

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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 -...

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

They can conquer who believe they can

They can conquer who believe they can

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

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.

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

By education most have been misled; so they believe, because they were bred. The priest...

By education most have been misled; so they believe, because they were bred. The priest...

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.

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...

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...

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...

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

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

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

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...

Successful crimes alone are justified.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

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...