War, he sung, is toil and trouble; honour but an empty bubble.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: War Quotes

There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times...

There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times...

Even victors are by victories undone.

Even victors are by victories undone.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Even victors are by victory undone

Even victors are by victory undone

By education most have been misled; so they believe, because they were bred. The priest...

By education most have been misled; so they believe, because they were bred. The priest...

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Every age has a kind of universal genius, which includes those that live in it...

Every age has a kind of universal genius, which includes those that live in it...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an...

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes...

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes...

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an...

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is...

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is...

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is, with thoughts of what may...

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is, with thoughts of what may...

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. Yet, fooled by hope, men favour the...

When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. Yet, fooled by hope, men favour the...

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

For God's sake, give me the young man who has brains enough to make a...

For God's sake, give me the young man who has brains enough to make a...

By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed

By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed