Quotes from John Dryden

A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth.

not judging truth to be in nature better than falsehood, but setting a value upon both according to interest.

Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.

Shakespeare was the Homer, or father of our dramatic poets;Jonson was theVirgil, the pattern of elaborate writing; I admire him, but I love Shakespeare.

My heart's so full of joy, That I shall do some wild extravagance Of love in public; and the foolish world, Which knows not tenderness, will think me mad.

My love's a noble madness.

My whole life Has been a golden dream of love and friendship.

When beauty fires the blood, how love exalts the mind!

Successful crimes alone are justified.

If we from wealth to poverty descend, Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend.

He wants worth who dares not praise a foe.

None but the brave deserves the fair.

None but the brave deserve the fair.

Every inch that is not fool is rogue.

War is the trade of kings.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Chaucer, I confess, is a rough diamond; and must be polished e'er he shines.

His tribe were God Almighty's gentlemen.

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.

Present joys are more to flesh and blood Than the dull prospect of a distant good.

Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

There is a pleasure sure, In being mad, which none but madmen know!

But far more numerous was the herd of stfch, Who think too little, and who talk too much.