Light sufferings give us leisure to complain.
JOHN DRYDENSo the false spider, when her nets are spread, deep ambushed in her silent den does lie.
More John Dryden Quotes
-
-
What precious drops are those, Which silently each other’s track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?
JOHN DRYDEN -
They, who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men.
JOHN DRYDEN -
The thought of being nothing after death is a burden insupportable to a virtuous man.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.
JOHN DRYDEN -
At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Merit challenges envy.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Every age has a kind of universal genius, which inclines those that live in it to some particular studies.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Keen appetite And quick digestion wait on you and yours.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Murder may pass unpunished for a time, But tardy justice will overtake the crime.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthly mother ten, Man looks aloft; and with erected eyes Beholds his own hereditary skies.
JOHN DRYDEN -
The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind’s great bribe.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Long pains, with use of bearing, are half eased.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.
JOHN DRYDEN -
They first condemn that first advised the ill.
JOHN DRYDEN