Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and never can be taught

Quote by John Dryden

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Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

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...

For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an age, when no man dies for...

For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an age, when no man dies for...

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 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...

All heiresses are beautiful.

All heiresses are beautiful.

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

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

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...

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.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

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

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

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Sometimes we see things not as they are but as we are: Love brings understanding

Sometimes we see things not as they are but as we are: Love brings understanding

God never made his work for man to mend.

God never made his work for man to mend.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

All heiresses are beautiful

All heiresses are beautiful

Beauty isn't worth thinking about; what's important is your mind. You don't want a fifty-dollar...

Beauty isn't worth thinking about; what's important is your mind. You don't want a fifty-dollar...

Judgment of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark

Judgment of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark