81 Quotations by John Dryden
- 1. A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
![A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.. John Dryden.](/img/view.gif)
- 2. All heiresses are beautiful.
![All heiresses are beautiful.. John Dryden.](/img/view.gif)
- 3. All human things are subject to decay, and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
![All human things are subject to decay, and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.. John Dryden.](/img/view.gif)
- 4. All objects lose by too familiar a view.
![All objects lose by too familiar a view.. John Dryden.](/img/view.gif)
- 5. And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
![And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.. John Dryden.](/img/view.gif)
- 6. Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.
![Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.. John Dryden.](/img/view.gif)
- 7. Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare.
![Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare.. John Dryden.](/img/view.gif)
- 8. Beware of the fury of the patient man.
![Beware of the fury of the patient man.. John Dryden.](/img/view.gif)
- 9. Beware the fury of a patient man.
![Beware the fury of a patient man.. John Dryden.](/img/view.gif)
- 10. Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.
![Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.. John Dryden.](/img/view.gif)
- 11. But far more numerous was the herd of such,
...
![But far more numerous was the herd of such,
.... John Dryden.](/img/view.gif)
- 12. By education most have been misled; So the believe, because they so were bred. The priest continues ...
![By education most have been misled; So the believe, because they so were bred. The priest continues .... John Dryden.](/img/view.gif)
- 13. Dreams are but interludes that fancy makes...
...
![Dreams are but interludes that fancy makes...
.... John Dryden.](/img/view.gif)
- 14. Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.
![Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.. John Dryden.](/img/view.gif)
- 15. Far more numerous are those as such; who think too little and talk too much.
![Far more numerous are those as such; who think too little and talk too much.. John Dryden.](/img/view.gif)
- 16. Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he m ...
![Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he m .... John Dryden.](/img/view.gif)
- 17. For all have not the gift of martyrdom.
![For all have not the gift of martyrdom.. John Dryden.](/img/view.gif)
- 18. For present joys are more to flesh and blood than a dull prospect of a distant good.
![For present joys are more to flesh and blood than a dull prospect of a distant good.. John Dryden.](/img/view.gif)
- 19. Fortune befriends the bold.
![Fortune befriends the bold.. John Dryden.](/img/view.gif)
- 20. Genius must be born, and never can be taught.
![Genius must be born, and never can be taught.. John Dryden.](/img/view.gif)
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