John Dryden ( 10 of 157 )
Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.
Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.
Rich the treasure,
Sweet the pleasure,
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Rich the treasure,
Sweet the pleasure,
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Drawn to the dregs of a democracy.
Drawn to the dregs of a democracy.
To take up half on trust, and half to try,
Name it not faith but bungling bigotry.
To take up half on trust, and half to try,
Name it not faith but bungling bigotry.
Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.
Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.
His ignorance is encyclopedic.
His ignorance is encyclopedic.
The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun,
Is Nature's eye.
The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun,
Is Nature's eye.
According to her cloth she cut her coat.
According to her cloth she cut her coat.
Old as I am, for ladies' love unfit,
The power of beauty I remember yet,
Which once read more
Old as I am, for ladies' love unfit,
The power of beauty I remember yet,
Which once inflam'd my soul, and still inspires my wit.
