Quotes by John Dryden

“Such subtle covenants shall be made, Till peace itself is war in masquerade.”

“I am sore wounded but not slainI will lay me down and bleed a whileAnd then rise up to fight again”

“But far more numerous was the herd of such,Who think too little, and who talk too much.”

“Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.”

“Welcome, thou kind deceiver!Thou best of thieves: who, with an easy key,Dost open life, and, unperceived by us,Even steal us from ourselves.”

“For you may palm upon us new for old:All, as they say, that glitters, is not gold.”

“We first make our habits, then our habits make us.”

“If others in the same Glass better see 'Tis for Themselves they look, but not for me: For my Salvation must its Doom receive Not from what others, but what I believe.”

“Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind”

“When I consider life, 't is all a cheat.Yet fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit;Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay.To-morrow 's falser than the former day;Lies worse, and while it says we...”

“When I consider Life, 'tis all a cheat;Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit;Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay:To-morrow's falser than the former day;Lies worse; and while it says, we...”

“Must I at length the Sword of Justice draw?Oh curst Effects of necessary Law!How ill my Fear they by my Mercy scan,Beware the Fury of a Patient Man.”

“Whence but from heaven, could men unskilled in arts,In several ages born, in several parts,Weave such agreeing truths? Or how, or why, Should all conspire to cheat us with a lie?”

“None are so busy as the fool and knave.”

“Whatever is, is in its causes just;But purblind manSees but a part o' th' chain; the nearest link;His eyes not carrying to that equal beamThat poises all above.”

“Tis Fate that flings the dice,And as she flingsOf kings makes peasants,And of peasants kings.”

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

“Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought,Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught.The wise, for cure, on exercise depend;God never made his work for man to mend.”

“Beware the fury of a patient man.”

“Great wits are to madness near alliedAnd thin partitions do their bounds divide.”