You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked through the water.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: John Dryden Quotes

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

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.

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

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...

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, but good men starve for want of...

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, but good men starve for want of...

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery...

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery...

War is the trade of Kings.

War is the trade of Kings.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

Sometimes we see things not as they are but as we are: Love brings understanding

Sometimes we see things not as they are but as we are: Love brings understanding

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

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

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

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

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.

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

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