Few know the use of life before ’tis past.
JOHN DRYDENFew know the use of life before ’tis past.
JOHN DRYDENIf by the people you understand the multitude, the hoi polloi, ’tis no matter what they think; they are sometimes in the right, sometimes in the wrong; their judgment is a mere lottery.
JOHN DRYDENSweet is pleasure after pain.
JOHN DRYDENThe bravest men are subject most to chance.
JOHN DRYDENLove works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.
JOHN DRYDENSilence in times of suffering is the best.
JOHN DRYDENThe conscience of a people is their power.
JOHN DRYDENLove is not in our choice but in our fate.
JOHN DRYDENBeauty, 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 DRYDENBut how can finite grasp Infinity?
JOHN DRYDENTrust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more.
JOHN DRYDENLove and Time with reverence use, Treat them like a parting friend: Nor the golden gifts refuse Which in youth sincere they send: For each year their price is more, And they less simple than before.
JOHN DRYDENWar seldom enters but where wealth allures.
JOHN DRYDENNever was patriot yet, but was a fool.
JOHN DRYDENRepentance is but want of power to sin.
JOHN DRYDENYouth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.
JOHN DRYDEN