The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth, that testified surprise

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Nature Quotes

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

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.

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...

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...

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...

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...

God never made his work for man to mend.

God never made his work for man to mend.

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...

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...

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

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.

But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

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

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

And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

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

Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure

Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does?...

What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does?...

Cruelty has a human heart, And jealousy a human face Terror, the human form divine,...

Cruelty has a human heart, And jealousy a human face Terror, the human form divine,...