Reason to rule but mercy to forgive The first is the law, the last prerogative.
Quote by John Dryden
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Reason to rule but mercy to forgive The first is the law, the last prerogative.
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John Dryden Quotes
- Dreams are but interludes that fancy makes... Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behind Rush forward in the brain, and come to mind.
- 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.
- Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today.
- How can finite grasp infinity
- Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.
- The conscience of a people is their power.
- We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.
- You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked through the water.
- Pains of love be sweeter far Than all other pleasures are.
- 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.
Best Quotes
- I became famous, I think, really because of the interpretation of other people's songs, way back when, and that's what I enjoy the most. And I'm a lazy bugger.
- It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.
- The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
- War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.
- An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.
- Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.
- I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.
- We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That's not leadership. That's not going to happen.
- I think a good relationship is about collaboration.
- Switzerland is a small, steep country, much more up and down than sideways, and is all stuck over with large brown hotels built on the cuckoo clock style of architecture.