Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: John Dryden Quotes

Successful crimes alone are justified.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

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.

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...

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

What all your sex desire is Sovereignty

What all your sex desire is Sovereignty

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.

A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.

All heiresses are beautiful

All heiresses are beautiful

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

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...

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

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

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!

Woman's honor is nice as ermine; it will not bear a soil.

Woman's honor is nice as ermine; it will not bear a soil.

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...

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.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.