Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Quote by John Dryden

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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...

Successful crimes alone are justified.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise...

Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise...

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...

But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

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

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

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...

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, but good men starve for want of...

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, but good men starve for want of...

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth...

Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth...

Death came very easily to her. She had lived such an innocent and loving life...

Death came very easily to her. She had lived such an innocent and loving life...

The increase in the world's population represents our victory against death...

The increase in the world's population represents our victory against death...