Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Quote by John Dryden

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Even victors are by victory undone

Even victors are by victory undone

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...

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

None but the brave deserves the fair.

None but the brave deserves the fair.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

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.

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...

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

War is the trade of kings.

War is the trade of kings.

God never made his work for man to mend.

God never made his work for man to mend.

All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

All heiresses are beautiful.

All heiresses are beautiful.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.