Quote: All human things are subject to decay, and when fate summons, monarchs must obey. [John Dryden]
Quote: He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew. [John Dryden]
Quote: For all have not the gift of martyrdom. [John Dryden]
Quote: Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail. [John Dryden]
Quote: Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance. [John Dryden]
Quote: 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 lived today. [John Dryden]
Quote: For they conquer who believe they can. [John Dryden]
Quote: 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 nor grieve too much for things beyond our care. [John Dryden]
Quote: To die is landing on some distant shore. [John Dryden]
Quote: All objects lose by too familiar a view. [John Dryden]
Quote: 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 either god or devil. [John Dryden]
Quote: We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. [John Dryden]
Quote: So over violent, or over civil that every man with him was God or Devil. [John Dryden]
Quote: It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence. [John Dryden]
Quote: All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey. [John Dryden]
Quote: Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. [John Dryden]
Quote: Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows much more; if future fortunes were known before! [John Dryden]
Quote: Genius must be born, and never can be taught. [John Dryden]
Quote: Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide. [John Dryden]
Quote: He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear. [John Dryden]
Quote: Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds. [John Dryden]
Quote: Love is not in our choice but in our fate. [John Dryden]
Quote: Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, but genius must be born; and never can be taught. [John Dryden]
Quote: Pains of love be sweeter far than all the other pleasures are. [John Dryden]
Quote: Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause. [John Dryden]