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

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

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...

Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.

Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.

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...

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...

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Even victors are by victory undone

Even victors are by victory undone

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

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

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Every age has a kind of universal genius, which includes those that live in it...

Every age has a kind of universal genius, which includes those that live in it...

By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.

By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

Even victors are by victories undone.

Even victors are by victories undone.

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...

Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath...

Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath...

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...