27 Quotes by John Denham

Who fears not to do ill fears the name, And free from conscience, is a slave to fame.

It is no exaggeration to say that Israeli policy in the occupied territories is not simply a matter of foreign policy - it is a matter for British domestic security policy too,.

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

Such is our pride, our folly, or our fate, That few, but such as cannot write, translate.

Tis the most certain sign, the world's accurst That the best things corrupted, are the worst; 'Twas the corrupted Light of knowledge, hurl'd Sin, Death, and Ignorance o'er all the world; That Sun like this (from which our sight we have) Gaz'd on too long, resumes the light he gave.

Learn to live well, that thou may'st die so too; To live and die is all we have to do.

Youth, what man’s age is like to be, doth show; We may our ends by our beginnings know.

But whither am I strayed? I need not raise Trophies to thee from other men’s dispraise; Nor is thy fame on lesser ruins built; Nor needs thy juster title the foul guilt Of Eastern kings, who, to secure their reign, Must have their brothers, sons, and kindred slain.

It is no exaggeration to say that Israeli policy in the occupied territories is not simply a matter of foreign policy – it is a matter for British domestic security policy too,.