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

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Love Quotes

A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.

A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.

Love is love's reward.

Love is love's reward.

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

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

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

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...

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...

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...

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

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...

And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

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...

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

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.

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

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