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Life Quotes by John Dryden
- The love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.
- Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease.
- When I consider life, 't is all a cheat. Yet fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay. To-morrow…
- Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long,- Even wonder'd at, because he dropp'd no sooner. Fate…
- I trade both with the living and the dead, for the enrichment of our native language.
- Since every man who lives is born to die, And none can boast sincere felicity, With equal mind, what happens, let us bear, Nor joy…
- So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.
- How blessed is he, who leads a country life, Unvex'd with anxious cares, and void of strife! Who studying peace, and shunning civil rage, Enjoy'd…
- To die is landing on some distant shore.
- Home is the sacred refuge of our life.
- None would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain; And, from the dregs of life, think to receive, What the…
- The unhappy man, who once has trail'd a pen, Lives not to please himself, but other men; Is always drudging, wastes his life and blood,…
- Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
- 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…
- When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.
- Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.
- He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
- Welcome, thou kind deceiver! Thou best of thieves; who, with an easy key, Dost open life, and, unperceived by us, Even steal us from ourselves.
- Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
- Pity melts the mind to love.
- Joy rul'd the day, and Love the night.
- He loved me well: so well he could but die - To show he loved me better than his life; he lost it for me
- When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. Yet, fooled by hope, men favour the deceit; trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: to-morrow's falser…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle