And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
Quote by John Dryden
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And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
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John Dryden Quotes
- They think to little who talk to much.
- Dreams are but interludes that fancy makes... Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behind Rush forward in the brain, and come to mind.
- A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boils.
- We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.
- Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare.
- Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
- The gates of Hell are open night and day Smooth the descent, and easy is the way But, to return, and view the cheerful skies In this, the task and mighty labor lies.
- Look around the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.
- Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.
- And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
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