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I am devilishly afraid, that's certain; but ... I'll sing, that I may seem valiant.

I am devilishly afraid, that's certain; but ... I'll sing, that I may seem valiant.

John Dryden
Evil, May, Valiant
John Dryden (1976). “The Works of John Dryden, Volume XV: Plays: Albion and Albanius, Don Sebastian, Amphitryon”, p.248, Univ of California Press

Truth is the object of our understanding, as good is of our will; and the understanding can no more be delighted with a lie than the will can choose an apparent evil.

John Dryden
Truth, Lying, Evil
John Dryden (1750). “Select Essays on the Belles Lettres”, p.314

To die for faction is a common evil, But to be hanged for nonsense is the devil.

John Dryden
Evil, Common, Nonsense
John Dryden (1808). “The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author”, p.334

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