Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.
JOHN DRYDENBeware of the fury of the patient man.
More John Dryden Quotes
-
-
Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
JOHN DRYDEN -
I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night.
JOHN DRYDEN -
What precious drops are those, Which silently each other’s track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?
JOHN DRYDEN -
None are so busy as the fool and the knave.
JOHN DRYDEN -
All empire is no more than power in trust.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Much malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Nor is the people’s judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Order is the greatest grace.
JOHN DRYDEN -
To die for faction is a common evil, But to be hanged for nonsense is the devil.
JOHN DRYDEN -
None, none descends into himself, to find The secret imperfections of his mind: But every one is eagle-ey’d to see Another’s faults, and his deformity.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Pity only on fresh objects stays, but with the tedious sight of woes decays.
JOHN DRYDEN -
And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Let Fortune empty her whole quiver on me, I have a soul that, like an ample shield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more; Fate was not mine, nor am I Fate’s: Souls know no conquerors.
JOHN DRYDEN