There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks. John Dryden More Quotes by John Dryden More Quotes From John Dryden For they can conquer who believe they can. John Dryden confidenceliteraturebelieve We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. John Dryden motivationalinspirationalcharacter The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one. John Dryden birthdaymenson Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts John Dryden confidenceknowingfeelings He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master John Dryden keeping-secretsconfidencetrust War seldom enters but where wealth allures. John Dryden allurewealthwar Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh. John Dryden creepsagethinking A good conscience is a port which is landlocked on every side, where no winds can possibly invade. There a man may not only see his own image, but that of his Maker, clearly reflected from the undisturbed waters. John Dryden windwatermen Beware the fury of a patient man. John Dryden christianwiseinspirational Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue. John Dryden graceliteraturelove He look'd in years, yet in his years were seen A youthful vigor, and autumnal green. John Dryden vigorlooksyears I am as free as nature first made man, John Dryden freedomlawmen I'm a little wounded, but I am not slain; I will lay me down to bleed a while. Then I'll rise and fight again. John Dryden fightingdeterminationlittles Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds. John Dryden wisemindlove When a man's life is under debate, John Dryden judgingmenlong For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen. John Dryden literaturetruthneeds Those who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write, John Dryden spiterevengewriting When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat; John Dryden menlifethinking Riches cannot rescue from the grave, which claims alike the monarch and the slave. John Dryden richesslaveclaims Nor is the people's judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few. John Dryden democracies-havefreedompeople
