Edward Dyer Quotes

• My mind to me a kingdom is, such present joys therein I find, that it excels all other bliss.

  Edward Dyer

  Joy, Mind, Kingdoms

  Sir Edward Dyer, “My Mind To Me A Kingdom Is”

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• True hearts have eyes and ears, no tongues to speak; They hear and see, and sigh, and then they break.

  Edward Dyer

  True Love, Heart, Eye

  Sir Edward Dyer, “The Lowest Trees Have Tops”

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• Some have too much, yet still do crave; I little have, and seek no more. They are but poor, though much they have, And I am rich with little store.

  Edward Dyer

  Littles, Too Much, Rich

  'In praise of a contented mind' (1588); attributed

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• My wealth is health and perfect ease; My conscience clear my chief defence; I neither seek by bribes to please, Nor by deceit to breed offence. Thus do I live; thus will I die. Would all did so well as I!

  Edward Dyer

  Perfect, Deceit, Ease

  1588 'In Praise of a Contented Mind'.

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• And love is love, in beggars and in kings.

  Edward Dyer

  Kings, Love Is, And Love

  Sir Edward Dyer, “The Lowest Trees Have Tops”

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• My mind to me a kingdom is, Such present joys therein I find, That it excels all other bliss That earth affords or grows by kind. Though much I want which most would have, Yet still my mind for bids to crave.

  Edward Dyer

  Joy, Mind, Earth

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• My mind to me an empire is,While grace affordeth health.

  Edward Dyer

  Grace, Mind, Empires

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• If nice guys finish last, then great guys come in right after them.

  Edward Dyer

  Nice, Guy, Lasts

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• Some weigh their pleasure by their lust, Their wisdom by their rage of will, Their treasure is their only trust; And cloake' d craft their store of skill. But all the pleasure that I find Is to maintain a quiet mind.

  Edward Dyer

  Skills, Lust, Mind

  1588 'In Praise of a Contented Mind'.

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• My Mind To Me a Kingdom Is.

  Edward Dyer

  Mind, Kingdoms

  'In praise of a contented mind' (1588); attributed

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• O liberty, Parent of happiness, celestial born When the first man became a living soul; His sacred genius thou.

  Edward Dyer

  Wisdom, Men, Parent

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• The little smiling cottage! where at eve
  He meets his rosy children at the door,
  Prattling their welcomes, and his honest wife,
  With good brown cake and bacon slice, intent
  To cheer his hunger after labor hard.

  Edward Dyer

  Cheer, Children, Home

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