John Dryden

John Dryden

"War is the trade of kings."
55 Quotes
"War is the trade of kings."
John Dryden
"I'll habits gather by unseen degrees As brooks make rivers rivers run to seas."
John Dryden
"For truth has such a face and such a mien As to be lov'd needs only to be seen."
John Dryden
"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 liv'd today."
John Dryden
"But far more numerous was the herd of stfch Who think too little and who talk too much."
John Dryden
"They conquer who believe they can."
John Dryden
"There is a pleasure sure In being mad which none but madmen know!"
John Dryden
"Repentance is but want of power to sin."
John Dryden
"Damned Neuters in their Middle way of Steering Are neither Fish nor Flesh nor good Red Herring."
John Dryden
"Stiff in opinion always in the wrong."
John Dryden
"Present joys are more to flesh and blood Than the dull prospect of a distant good."
John Dryden
"I'm a little wounded but I am not slain I will lay me down to bleed a while. Then I'll rise and fight again."
John Dryden
"For Art may err but Nature cannot miss."
John Dryden
"His tribe were God Almighty's gentlemen."
John Dryden
"It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events because in herself she is nothing but is ruled by prudence."
John Dryden
"Chaucer I confess is a rough diamond and must be polished e'er he shines."
John Dryden
"Only man clogs his happiness with care destroying what is with thoughts of what may be."
John Dryden
"Friendship of itself a holy tie is made more sacred by adversity."
John Dryden
"Every inch that is not fool is rogue."
John Dryden
"All human things are subject to decay And when fate summons monarchs must obey."
John Dryden
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