All heiresses are beautiful.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: John Dryden Quotes

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

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

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

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...

War is the trade of kings.

War is the trade of kings.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

For they conquer who believe they can.

For they conquer who believe they can.

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...

Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath...

Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath...

War is the trade of Kings.

War is the trade of Kings.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure

Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure

None but the brave deserves the fair.

None but the brave deserves the fair.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate...

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate...

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor...

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor...

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...