John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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John Dryden. (1631–1700) (continued) |
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Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls must dive below. |
All for Love. Prologue. |
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Men are but children of a larger growth. |
All for Love. Act iv. Sc. 1. |
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Your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me. 1 |
The Maiden Queen. Act i. Sc. 2. |
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Burn daylight. |
The Maiden Queen. Act ii. Sc. 1. |
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I am resolved to grow fat, and look young till forty. 2 |
The Maiden Queen. Act iii. Sc. 1. |
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But Shakespeare’s magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he. |
The Tempest. Prologue. |
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I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. |
The Conquest of Granada. Part i. Act i. Sc. 1. |
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Forgiveness to the injured does belong; But they ne’er pardon who have done the wrong. 3 |
The Conquest of Granada. Part ii. Act i. Sc. 2. |
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What precious drops are those Which silently each other’s track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their infant dew? |
The Conquest of Granada. Part ii. Act iii. Sc. 1. |
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Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped; And they have kept it since by being dead. |
The Conquest of Granada. Epilogue. |
Note 1. See Burton, Quotation 82. [back] |
Note 2. Fat, fair, and forty.—Sir Walter Scott: St. Ronan’s Well, chap. vii. Mrs. Trench, in a letter, Feb. 18, 1816, writes: “Lord ——— is going to marry Lady ———, a fat, fair, and fifty card-playing resident of the Crescent.” [back] |
Note 3. Quos læserunt et oderunt (Whom they have injured they also hate).—Seneca: De Ira, lib. ii. cap. 33. Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem læseris (It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured).—Tacitus: Agricola, 42. 4. Chi fa ingiuria non perdona mai (He never pardons those he injures).—Italian Proverb. [back] |