Even victors are by victory undone

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Victory Quotes

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

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

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 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...

Successful crimes alone are justified.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

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...

Successful crimes alone are justified

Successful crimes alone are justified

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

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...

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

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...

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the...

Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the...

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...