John Dryden Famous Quotes
"The people have a right supremeTo make their kings, for Kings are made for them.All Empire is no more than Pow'r in Trust,Which when resum'd, can be no longer just.Successionm for the general good design'd,In its own wrong a Nation cannot bind."
Beware the fury of a patient man.
"All human things are subject to decay,And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obeyThis Flecknoe found, who like Augustus youngWas call'd to empire, and had govern'd longIn prose and verse, was own'd, without disputeThrough all the realms of nonsense, absolute."
"We first make our habits, and then our habits make us."
"Reason to rule but mercy to forgive The first is the law, the last prerogative."
Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
"Death in itself is nothing but we fear To be we know not what, we know not where."
How can finite grasp infinity
"The gates of Hell are open night and day Smooth the descent, and easy is the way But, to return, and view the cheerful skies In this, the task and mighty labor lies."
"Look around the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it, pursue."
"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."
Pains of love be sweeter far Than all other pleasures are.
A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boils.
"You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked through the water."
"Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today."
"And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm."
"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."
They think to little who talk to much.
"We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure."
"Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace."
"But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little and who talk too much."
"Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare."
The conscience of a people is their power.
John Dryden Quotations
"Genius is a bend in the creek where bright water has gathered, and which mirrors the trees, the sky and the banks. It just does that because it is there and the scenery is there. Talent is a fine mirror with a silver frame, with the name of the owner engraved on the back."
Edgar Lee Masters
No man is free who is not master of himself.
Epictetus
"I believe everyody in the world should have guns. Citizens should have bazookas and rocket launchers too. I believe that all citizens should have their weapons of choice. However, I also believe that only I should have the ammunition. Because frankly, I wouldn't trust the rest of the goobers with anything more dangerous than string."
Scott Adams
The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn't behave that way you would never do anything.
John Irving
"You can teach a student a lesson for a day but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives."
Clay P Bedford
"However gradual the course of history, there must always be the day, even an hour and minute, when some significant action is performed for the first or last time."
Peter Quennell
"Christmas night, stars shine bright, and all the angels are singing. 'The Son of God is Born' Little child, holy child, how I want to be near you, this blessed Christmas night."
Garry Gamble
"Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit."
Peter Ustinov
"In the state of nature...all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law."
Charles de Montesquieu
"The whole motivation for any performer is 'Look at me, Ma.'"
Lenny Bruce