John Dryden Quotes

1631-1700, British Poet, Dramatist, Critic
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“Love is love's reward.”
Love
“War is the trade of Kings.”
War
“Fortune befriends the bold.”
Boldness
“All heiresses are beautiful.”
Inheritance
“Not to ask is not be denied.”
Silence
“Beware the fury of a patient man.”
Patience
“Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!”
Opportunity
“Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.”
Army and Navy
“Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.”
Defense
“Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.”
Jealousy
“For they conquer who believe they can.”
Confidence
“Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.”
Patriotism
“For all have not the gift of martyrdom.”
Conformity
“Repentance is but want of power to sin.”
Repentance
“To die is landing on some distant shore.”
Death and Dying
“All objects lose by too familiar a view.”
Familiarity
“Mighty things from small beginnings grow.”
Power
“Love is not in our choice but in our fate.”
Love
“Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.”
Tomorrow
“She feared no danger, for she knew no sin.”
Sin
“Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.”
Decisions
“Genius must be born, and never can be taught.”
Genius
“Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause.”
Kings
“He who would search for pearls must dive below.”
Price
“We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.”
Habit
“He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.”
Trust
“Woman's honor is nice as ermine; it will not bear a soil.”
Honor
“War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honor but an empty bubble.”
War