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When Misfortune is asleep, let no one wake her.
[Lat., Quando la mala ventura se duerme, nadie la despierte.]

When Misfortune is asleep, let no one wake her.
[Lat., Quando la mala ventura se duerme, nadie la despierte.]

by John Dryden Found in: Misfortune Quotes,
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The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees,
Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees.
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The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees,
Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees.
Three centuries he grows, and three he stays
Supreme in state; and in three more decays.

by John Dryden Found in: Oak Quotes,
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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity,
and I'm not sure about the former.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity,
and I'm not sure about the former.

by John Dryden Found in: Stupidity Quotes,
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And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

by John Dryden Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.

by John Dryden Found in: Secrecy Quotes,
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