Far more numerous are those as such; who think to little and talk to much.
John Dryden
Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, but genius must be born; and never can be taught.
John Dryden
Nor is the people's judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few.
John Dryden
He who would search for pearls must dive below.
John Dryden
Since every man who lives is born to die, and none can boast sincere felicity, with equal mind, what happens, let us bear, nor joy nor grieve too much for things beyond our care.
John Dryden
Dancing is the poetry of the feet.
John Dryden
You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked through the water.
John Dryden
Love Quotes
When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.
John Dryden
All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
John Dryden
For present joys are more to flesh and blood than a dull prospect of a distant good.
John Dryden
All heiresses are beautiful.
John Dryden
It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence.
John Dryden
For they conquer who believe they can.
John Dryden
Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.
John Dryden
All human things are subject to decay, and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
John Dryden
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.