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John Dryden Quotes: not judging truth to be in nature better than falsehood, but setting a value upon both according to interest.
         

not judging truth to be in nature better than falsehood, but setting a value upon both according to interest.


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He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every bound Pressing, and seeming still to quit his ground.

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When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.

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Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.

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Dead men tell no tales.

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Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.



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