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

Quote by John Dryden

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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...

All heiresses are beautiful.

All heiresses are beautiful.

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...

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we...

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we...

None but the brave deserves the fair.

None but the brave deserves the fair.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

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.

Every age has a kind of universal genius, which includes those that live in it...

Every age has a kind of universal genius, which includes those that live in it...

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

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...

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.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

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.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

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...

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly...

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly...

It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is...

It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is...