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

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Love Quotes, Missing You Quotes

To die is landing on some distant shore.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

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...

They can conquer who believe they can

They can conquer who believe they can

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...

So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she...

So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she...

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

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...

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.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

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...

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

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...

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

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

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

He loved me well: so well he could but die - To show he loved...

He loved me well: so well he could but die - To show he loved...

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...

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...

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.