Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Habit Quotes

War is the trade of kings.

War is the trade of kings.

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...

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

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...

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...

Even victors are by victory undone

Even victors are by victory undone

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

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...

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

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

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...

He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...

He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...

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

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.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered...

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered...

He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount...

He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount...

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.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.