Virtue without success is a fair picture shown by an ill light; but lucky men are favorites of heaven; all own the… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Those who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
If thou dost still retain the same ill habits, the same follies, too, still thou art bound to vice, and still a… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Thou spring'st a leak already in thy crown, A flaw is in thy ill-bak'd vessel found; 'Tis hollow, and returns a jarring… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
But when to sin our biased nature leans, The careful Devil is still at hand with means; And providently pimps for ill… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
The good we have enjoyed from Heaven's free will, and shall we murmur to endure the ill? — John Dryden Copy Share Image
We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Trust on and think To-morrow will repay; To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blest With… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
To take up half on trust, and half to try, Name it not faith but bungling bigotry. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way, That private reason 'tis more just to curb, Than… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
A coward is the kindest animal; 'Tis the most forgiving creature in a fight. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
