John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| John Dryden. (1631–1700) (continued) |
| 2996 |
| Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls must dive below. |
| All for Love. Prologue. |
| 2997 |
| Men are but children of a larger growth. |
| All for Love. Act iv. Sc. 1. |
| 2998 |
| Your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me. 1 |
| The Maiden Queen. Act i. Sc. 2. |
| 2999 |
| Burn daylight. |
| The Maiden Queen. Act ii. Sc. 1. |
| 3000 |
| I am resolved to grow fat, and look young till forty. 2 |
| The Maiden Queen. Act iii. Sc. 1. |
| 3001 |
| But Shakespeare’s magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he. |
| The Tempest. Prologue. |
| 3002 |
| I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. |
| The Conquest of Granada. Part i. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| 3003 |
| Forgiveness to the injured does belong; But they ne’er pardon who have done the wrong. 3 |
| The Conquest of Granada. Part ii. Act i. Sc. 2. |
| 3004 |
| What precious drops are those Which silently each other’s track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their infant dew? |
| The Conquest of Granada. Part ii. Act iii. Sc. 1. |
| 3005 |
| Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped; And they have kept it since by being dead. |
| The Conquest of Granada. Epilogue. |
| Note 1. See Burton, Quotation 82. [back] |
| Note 2. Fat, fair, and forty.—Sir Walter Scott: St. Ronan’s Well, chap. vii. Mrs. Trench, in a letter, Feb. 18, 1816, writes: “Lord ——— is going to marry Lady ———, a fat, fair, and fifty card-playing resident of the Crescent.” [back] |
| Note 3. Quos læserunt et oderunt (Whom they have injured they also hate).—Seneca: De Ira, lib. ii. cap. 33. Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem læseris (It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured).—Tacitus: Agricola, 42. 4. Chi fa ingiuria non perdona mai (He never pardons those he injures).—Italian Proverb. [back] |