War is the trade of Kings.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: John Dryden Quotes

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

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...

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

Even victors are by victories undone.

Even victors are by victories undone.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied - And thin partitions do their bounds...

Great wits are sure to madness near allied - And thin partitions do their bounds...

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Woman's honor is nice as ermine; it will not bear a soil.

Woman's honor is nice as ermine; it will not bear a soil.

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...

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...

Even victors are by victory undone

Even victors are by victory undone

There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times...

There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times...

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...

[Her] love and tenderness gave me the faith in love that enabled me to face...

[Her] love and tenderness gave me the faith in love that enabled me to face...

A child's hand in yours-what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly...

A child's hand in yours-what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly...

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax...

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax...