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

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...

Woman's honor is nice as ermine; it will not bear a soil.

Woman's honor is nice as ermine; it will not bear a soil.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

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...

Even victors are by victories undone.

Even victors are by victories undone.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

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...

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.

A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.

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.

They can conquer who believe they can

They can conquer who believe they can

None but the brave deserves the fair.

None but the brave deserves the fair.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

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

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

By education most have been misled; so they believe, because they were bred. The priest...

By education most have been misled; so they believe, because they were bred. The priest...

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...

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...

Let this be my last word, that I trust in your love.x

Let this be my last word, that I trust in your love.x

Life is so short, so fast the lone hours fly, We ought to be together,...

Life is so short, so fast the lone hours fly, We ought to be together,...