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John Denham Quotes: Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.
         

Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.


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Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber and their gravel gold; His genuine and less guilty wealth t' explore, Search not his bottom, but survey his shore.

Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber and their gravel gold; His genuine and less guilty wealth t' explore, Search not his bottom, but survey his shore.



Learn to live well, that thou may'st die so too; To live and die is all we have to do.

Learn to live well, that thou may'st die so too; To live and die is all we have to do.



The man who first abused his fellows with swear-words instead of bashing their brains out with a club should be counted among those who laid the foundations of civilization.

The man who first abused his fellows with swear-words instead of bashing their brains out with a club should be counted among those who laid the foundations of civilization.



Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year.

Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year.



Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate.

Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate.



When any great design thou dost intend, Think on the means, the manner, and the end.

When any great design thou dost intend, Think on the means, the manner, and the end.



Who fears not to do ill fears the name, And free from conscience, is a slave to fame.

Who fears not to do ill fears the name, And free from conscience, is a slave to fame.



Youth, what man's age is like to be, doth show; We may our ends by our beginnings know.

Youth, what man's age is like to be, doth show; We may our ends by our beginnings know.



Uncertain ways unsafest are, and doubt a greater mischief than despair.

Uncertain ways unsafest are, and doubt a greater mischief than despair.



Such is our pride, our folly, or our fate, That few, but such as cannot write, translate.

Such is our pride, our folly, or our fate, That few, but such as cannot write, translate.





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You can only appreciate being up when you know what it's like to have been down.



Many solemn nights Blond moon, we stand and marvel...Sleeping our noons away

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I felt so good when I fought Larry [Holmes]. When I fought Larry the first time, I mean, first time in my life, I mean, I could remember I wanted to fight.

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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.

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