Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

Quote by John Dryden

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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...

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.

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

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...

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

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

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

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.

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

Successful crimes alone are justified.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

God never made his work for man to mend.

God never made his work for man to mend.

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor...

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor...

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...

You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked...

You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked...

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is another name for aspiration

Repentance is another name for aspiration

But if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, they are your...

But if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, they are your...