Honor is but an empty bubble.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Honor Quotes

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.

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.

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

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

But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes...

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes...

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...

Sometimes we see things not as they are but as we are: Love brings understanding

Sometimes we see things not as they are but as we are: Love brings understanding

Even victors are by victory undone

Even victors are by victory undone

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.

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

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

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an age, when no man dies for...

For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an age, when no man dies for...

They can conquer who believe they can

They can conquer who believe they can

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...

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

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.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

What passions cannot music raise or quell?