Love is a passion Which kindles honor into noble acts.
JOHN DRYDENFor Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.
More John Dryden Quotes
-
-
No king nor nation one moment can retard the appointed hour.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Satire is a kind of poetry in which human vices are reprehended.
JOHN DRYDEN -
They that possess the prince possess the laws.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Since every man who lives is born to die, And none can boast sincere felicity, With equal mind, what happens, let us bear, Nor joy nor grieve too much for things beyond our care. Like pilgrims to the’ appointed place we tend; The world’s an inn, and death the journey’s end.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Much malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Merit challenges envy.
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 -
Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
JOHN DRYDEN -
When I consider life, ’tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think tomorrow will repay. Tomorrow’s falser than the former day.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Hushed as midnight silence.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
JOHN DRYDEN -
A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth.
JOHN DRYDEN -
Freedom which in no other land will thrive, Freedom an English subject’s sole prerogative.
JOHN DRYDEN