Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

Quote by John Dryden

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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...

He loved me well: so well he could but die - To show he loved...

He loved me well: so well he could but die - To show he loved...

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...

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

War is the trade of Kings.

War is the trade of Kings.

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...

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was...

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was...

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate...

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate...

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

Successful crimes alone are justified.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

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...

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...

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...

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

None but the brave deserves the fair.

None but the brave deserves the fair.

Courage is the thing; all goes if courage goes

Courage is the thing; all goes if courage goes

I want to work with the top people, because only they have the courage and...

I want to work with the top people, because only they have the courage and...