All John Dryden Quotes
- If you have lived, take thankfully the past. Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last. Gratitude
- Great souls forgive not injuries till time has put their enemies within their power, that they may show forgiveness is their own. Enemies
- Genius must be born, and never can be taught. Born
- Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise! Arise
- For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me. Devotion
- When beauty fires the blood, how love exalts the mind! Beauty
- Treason is greatest where trust is greatest. Greatest
- Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance. Inspirational
- Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me. Bore
- Politicians neither love nor hate. Hate
- For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss. Art
- Self-defense is Nature's eldest law. Defense
- 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 bound… Bound
- The people's prayer, the glad diviner's theme, The young men's vision, and the old men's dream! Dream
- Dead men tell no tales. Dead
- A thing well said will be wit in all languages. All
- Such subtle Covenants shall be made,Till Peace it self is War in Masquerade. Covenant
- Repentance is but want of power to sin. Power
- There is a pleasure in being mad, which none but madmen know. Depression
- He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him. Authors
- So over violent, or over civil that every man with him was God or Devil. Civil
- 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… Both
- For all the happiness mankind can gain Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain. All
- Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure,- Sweet is pleasure after pain. Pain
- Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone. Age