"And heaven had wanted one immortal song. But wild ambition loves to slide, not stand, And fortune's ice prefers to virtue's land."

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PoetryWorks by John Dryden
Original Language: English

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:Knolles, History of the Turks (under a portrait of Mustapha I): "Greatnesse on goodnesse loves to slide, not stand, / And leaves, for Fortune's ice, Vertue's ferme land."