More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Liberty Quotes

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

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...

Even victors are by victories undone.

Even victors are by victories undone.

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, but good men starve for want of...

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, but good men starve for want of...

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...

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...

Even victors are by victory undone

Even victors are by victory undone

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

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

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

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

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...

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

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

None but the brave deserves the fair.

None but the brave deserves the fair.

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...

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.

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...

Successful crimes alone are justified

Successful crimes alone are justified

All mankind lives and each man strives by codes of conduct mutually agreed. Perhaps these...

All mankind lives and each man strives by codes of conduct mutually agreed. Perhaps these...

Ninety-nine percent of requested deaths go unrecorded. It's a secret crime.

Ninety-nine percent of requested deaths go unrecorded. It's a secret crime.