John Dryden Quotes

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves.

~ John Dryden

Bacchus ever fair and young,
Drinking joys did first ordain.
Bacchus's blessings are a treasure,
Drinking is the soldier's pleasure,
Rich the treasure,
Sweet the pleasure-
Sweet is pleasure after pain.

~ John Dryden

- 1697

Beware the fury of a patient man.

~ John Dryden

Fortune befriends the bold.

~ John Dryden

For they conquer who believe they can.

~ John Dryden

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

~ John Dryden

It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, but is ruled by prudence.

~ John Dryden

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought,
But Genius must be born; and never can be taught.

~ John Dryden

God never made His work for man to mend.

~ John Dryden

Those wanting wit affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men.

~ John Dryden

Woman's honor is nice as ermine; it will not bear a soil.

~ John Dryden

Jealousy, the jaundice of the soul.

~ John Dryden