John Dryden Quotes


Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause. John Dryden Royalty 208
Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul. John Dryden Envy 153
Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from pole to pole, So others may say when you are dead and gone. See what a vast estate he left his son. John Dryden Money 129
Self-defence is Nature's eldest law. John Dryden Nature 127
Mighty things from small beginnings grow. John Dryden Power 120
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 Beauty 119
When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit. John Dryden Life 108
Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide. John Dryden Genius 107
But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much. John Dryden Far 103
We first make our habits then our habits make us. John Dryden Self improvement 102
Good sense and good nature are never separated; and good nature is the product of right reason. John Dryden Reason 96
He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him. John Dryden Plagiarism 94
Honor is but an empty bubble. John Dryden Bubble 93
But love's a malady without a cure. John Dryden Love 93
There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know. John Dryden Being 93
Plots, true or false, are necessary things, to raise up commonwealths, and ruin kings. John Dryden Revolution 93
All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey. John Dryden All 92
The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves. John Dryden Anger 91
Far more numerous are those as such; who think to little and talk to much. John Dryden Thought 89
Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone. John Dryden Age 89
Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an age John Dryden Uncategorized 89
All objects lose by too familiar a view. John Dryden Knowledge 89
Genius must be born, and never can be taught. John Dryden Genius 88
He wants worth who dares not praise a foe. John Dryden Praise 88
Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds. John Dryden Love 87
War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honor but an empty bubble. John Dryden War 87
So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour The trumpet shall be heard on high The dead shall live the living die And Music shall untune the sky John Dryden Apocalypse 87
Happy the man, and happy he alone, he, who can call today his own. John Dryden Happiness 86
Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows much more; if future fortunes were known before! John Dryden Fate 85
Fortune, that with malicious joyDoes man her slave oppress,Proud of her office to destroy,Is seldom pleasd to bless. John Dryden 85
To die is landing on some distant shore. John Dryden Death 84
Thou strong seducer, Opportunity! John Dryden Opportunity 83
Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are. John Dryden Love 79
For they conquer who believe they can. John Dryden Confidence 79
Pains of love be sweeter far than all the other pleasures are. John Dryden Pain 78
Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil. John Dryden Fanaticism 78
All heiresses are beautiful. John Dryden Wealth 78
Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance. John Dryden Decisions 77
The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one. John Dryden Parenting 77
He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear. John Dryden Fear 76
Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is, with thoughts of what may be. John Dryden Satisfaction 76
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 Maturity 76
These are the effects of doting age: vain doubts, idle cares and overcaution. John Dryden Aging 76
God never made His work for man to mend. John Dryden God 76
He who would search for pearls must dive below. John Dryden Value 75
For present joys are more to flesh and blood than a dull prospect of a distant good. John Dryden Joy 74
Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. John Dryden Contentment 73
The first is the law, the last prerogative. John Dryden First 73
Resolved to ruin or to rule the state. John Dryden Politics 71
Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. John Dryden Habits 71

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