And plenty makes us poor.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: John Dryden Quotes

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

Even victors are by victories undone.

Even victors are by victories undone.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

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...

Love is love's reward.

Love is love's reward.

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...

Great wits are sure to madness near allied - And thin partitions do their bounds...

Great wits are sure to madness near allied - And thin partitions do their bounds...

Even victors are by victory undone

Even victors are by victory undone

Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.

Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

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...

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...

For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs...

For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs...

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he...

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

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...

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

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

Whatever you do, find ways to read poerty. Eat it, drink it, enjoy it, and...

Whatever you do, find ways to read poerty. Eat it, drink it, enjoy it, and...

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit...

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit...