Resolved to ruin or to rule the state. John Dryden More Quotes by John Dryden More Quotes From John Dryden He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him. John Dryden victory poet would-be Good sense and good-nature are never separated, though the ignorant world has thought otherwise. Good-nature, by which I mean beneficence and candor, is the product of right reason. John Dryden ignorant mean world The elephant is never won by anger; nor must that man who would reclaim a lion take him by the teeth. John Dryden elephants anger men Honor is but an empty bubble. John Dryden bubbles empty honor Successful crimes alone are justified. John Dryden humor successful funny They that possess the prince possess the laws. John Dryden politics political law Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows much more; if future fortunes were known before! John Dryden fate sorrow joy …So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky John Dryden crumbling lasts sky 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. John Dryden keys kindness life For granting we have sinned, and that the offence John Dryden omnipotence bears men Swift was the race, but short the time to run. John Dryden race time running And write whatever Time shall bring to pass John Dryden brass writing time But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much. John Dryden literature leadership thinking And plenty makes us poor. John Dryden plenty poverty poor Genius must be born, it can't be taught. John Dryden taught born genius Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten. John Dryden buddhist anger long Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul. John Dryden jaundice jealousy soul It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, can rule nothing, but is ruled by prudence. John Dryden mistress madness events Pride - Lord of human kind John Dryden kind pride lord All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey. John Dryden decay fate death
