He loved me well: so well he could but die - To show he loved me better than his life; he lost it for me

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Love Quotes

But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

War is the trade of Kings.

War is the trade of Kings.

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...

And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

All heiresses are beautiful.

All heiresses are beautiful.

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...

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.

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

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...

For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs...

For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs...

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

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

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

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an...

Successful crimes alone are justified

Successful crimes alone are justified

It is a great injustice to persecute homosexuality as a crime, and cruelty too

It is a great injustice to persecute homosexuality as a crime, and cruelty too

If criminals wanted to grind justice to a halt, they could do it by banding...

If criminals wanted to grind justice to a halt, they could do it by banding...