War is the trade of kings.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: War Quotes

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.

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is...

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

War is the trade of Kings.

War is the trade of Kings.

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

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...

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

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...

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate...

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate...

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we...

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we...

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.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

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...

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age.

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age.

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing...

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing...

Why can't the Morning News ever say 'Today has been canceled...go back to sleep.'

Why can't the Morning News ever say 'Today has been canceled...go back to sleep.'