Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Quote by John Dryden

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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...

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...

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.

Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

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...

He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount...

He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount...

For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs...

For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs...

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...

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.

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.

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she...

So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she...

Even victors are by victory undone

Even victors are by victory undone

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...

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes...

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes...