Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
JOHN DRYDENVirtue is her own reward.
More John Dryden Quotes
-
-
He trudged along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought.
JOHN DRYDEN -
All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
JOHN DRYDEN -
For all the happiness mankind can gain Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain.
JOHN DRYDEN -
He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.
JOHN DRYDEN -
The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind’s great bribe.
JOHN DRYDEN -
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
JOHN DRYDEN -
All delays are dangerous in war.
JOHN DRYDEN -
They live too long who happiness outlive.
JOHN DRYDEN -
They think too little who talk too much.
JOHN DRYDEN -
If all the world be worth thy winning. / Think, oh think it worth enjoying: / Lovely Thaïs sits beside thee, / Take the good the gods provide thee.
JOHN DRYDEN -
War seldom enters but where wealth allures.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Not sharp revenge, nor hell itself can find, A fiercer torment than a guilty mind, Which day and night doth dreadfully accuse, Condemns the wretch, and still the charge renews.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Fowls, by winter forced, forsake the floods, and wing their hasty flight to happier lands.
JOHN DRYDEN -
An horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.
JOHN DRYDEN