When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. Yet, fooled by hope, men favour the deceit; trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: to-morrow's falser than the former day.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Cheating Quotes, Life Quotes

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.

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...

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

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

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.

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.

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...

All heiresses are beautiful.

All heiresses are beautiful.

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...

They can conquer who believe they can

They can conquer who believe they can

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.

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...

Successful crimes alone are justified

Successful crimes alone are justified

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

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory...

Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory...

I am a lover and have not found my thing to love

I am a lover and have not found my thing to love