John Dryden

The brave man seeks not popular applause,
Nor, overpower'd with arms, deserts his cause;
Unsham'd, though foil'd, read more

The brave man seeks not popular applause,
Nor, overpower'd with arms, deserts his cause;
Unsham'd, though foil'd, he does the best he can,
Force is of brutes, but honor is of man.

Lord of oneself, uncumbered with a name.

Lord of oneself, uncumbered with a name.

Then hasten to be drunk, the business of the day.

Then hasten to be drunk, the business of the day.

Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense
Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.

Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense
Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.