Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Beauty Quotes

Successful crimes alone are justified.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

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.

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...

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

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...

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

Even victors are by victory undone

Even victors are by victory undone

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...

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.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

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...

Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!

Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we...

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we...