None but the brave deserves the fair.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Courage Quotes

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.

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 -...

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

God never made his work for man to mend.

God never made his work for man to mend.

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...

All heiresses are beautiful

All heiresses are beautiful

By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.

By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was...

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was...

By education most have been misled; so they believe, because they were bred. The priest...

By education most have been misled; so they believe, because they were bred. The priest...

They can conquer who believe they can

They can conquer who believe they can

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

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.