Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, but good men starve for want of impudence.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Mankind Quotes

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

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...

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...

He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

Love is love's reward.

Love is love's reward.

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

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

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.

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...

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

He loved me well: so well he could but die - To show he loved...

He loved me well: so well he could but die - To show he loved...

More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store

More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store

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 -...

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...

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

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...