What passions cannot music raise or quell?

Quote by John Dryden

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None but the brave deserves the fair.

None but the brave deserves the fair.

Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!

Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered...

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered...

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

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 -...

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

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

All heiresses are beautiful.

All heiresses are beautiful.

What all your sex desire is Sovereignty

What all your sex desire is Sovereignty

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

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.

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.

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...

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Even victors are by victory undone

Even victors are by victory undone

More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store

More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is...

The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is...