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Quotes by John Dryden

The people have a right supremeTo make their kings, for ... Read Full Quote
Beware the fury of a patient man. ... Read Full Quote
All human things are subject to decay,And, when Fate su ... Read Full Quote
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. ... Read Full Quote
Reason to rule but mercy to forgive The first is the la ... Read Full Quote
Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin par ... Read Full Quote
Death in itself is nothing but we fear To be we know no ... Read Full Quote
How can finite grasp infinity ... Read Full Quote
The gates of Hell are open night and day Smooth the des ... Read Full Quote
Look around the habitable world, how few Know their own ... Read Full Quote
Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites ... Read Full Quote
Pains of love be sweeter far Than all other pleasures a ... Read Full Quote
A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boi ... Read Full Quote
You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As w ... Read Full Quote
Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to- ... Read Full Quote
And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. ... Read Full Quote
Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of th ... Read Full Quote
They think to little who talk to much. ... Read Full Quote
We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polis ... Read Full Quote
Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know th ... Read Full Quote
But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think t ... Read Full Quote
Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare. ... Read Full Quote
The conscience of a people is their power. ... Read Full Quote