Absalom and Achitophel
John Dryden
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Great wits are to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide.”
“Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.”
“But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.”
“Must I at length the Sword of Justice draw? Oh curst Effects of necessary Law! How ill my Fear they by my Mercy scan, Beware the Fury of a Patient Man.”
“In God ’tis glory: And when men aspire, ’Tis but a spark too much of heavenly fire.”
“For whatsoe'er their sufferings were before, That change they covet makes them suffer more. All other errors but disturb a state; But innovation is the blow of fate.”
“Nor is the people's judgment always true: The most may err as grossly as the few.”
“Fools are more hard to conquer than persuade.”
“Yet if a Poem have a Genius, it will force its own reception in the World.”
“Thus, in a Pageant Show, a Plot is made; And Peace it self is War in Masquerade.”
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