Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Quote by John Dryden

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For they conquer who believe they can.

For they conquer who believe they can.

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...

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

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

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

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.

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.

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...

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...

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

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

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

Love is love's reward.

Love is love's reward.

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an...

Great wits are sure to madness near allied - And thin partitions do their bounds...

Great wits are sure to madness near allied - And thin partitions do their bounds...

Even victors are by victories undone.

Even victors are by victories undone.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate...

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate...