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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.

John Denham quotes: 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.

John Denham quotes: 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.

John Denham quotes: Uncertain ways unsafest are, and doubt a greater mischief than despair.

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

John Denham quotes: 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.

John Denham quotes: Whatsoever is worthy of their love is worth their anger.

Whatsoever is worthy of their love is worth their anger.

John Denham quotes: Search not to find things too deeply hid; Nor try to know things whose knowledge is forbid.

Search not to find things too deeply hid; Nor try to know things whose knowledge is forbid.

John Denham quotes: 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.

John Denham quotes: Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year.

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

John Denham quotes: 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.

John Denham quotes: Nor ought a genius less than his that writ attempt translation.

Nor ought a genius less than his that writ attempt translation.

John Denham quotes: 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.

John Denham quotes: You prove but too clearly that seeking to know Is too frequently learning to doubt.

You prove but too clearly that seeking to know Is too frequently learning to doubt.