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

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Blessings Quotes

Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.

Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.

You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked...

You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked...

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

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

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.

By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.

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...

Even victors are by victories undone.

Even victors are by victories undone.

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered...

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered...

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was...

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was...

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...

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

What all your sex desire is Sovereignty

What all your sex desire is Sovereignty

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...

The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth, that testified surprise

The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth, that testified surprise

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

None but the brave deserves the fair.

None but the brave deserves the fair.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are...

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are...

Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the...

Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the...