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

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Nature Quotes

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

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...

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

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

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

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.

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.

Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.

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.

Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise...

Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise...

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Even victors are by victories undone.

Even victors are by victories undone.

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...

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

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...

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure

A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do...

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do...