John Dryden Quotes

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.
John Dryden

Nature, Law, Eldest

Successful crimes alone are justified.
John Dryden

Alone, Successful, Crimes

The first is the law, the last prerogative.
John Dryden

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

Anger, Others, Ourselves

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.
John Dryden

Mad, Pleasure, None

They that possess the prince possess the laws.
John Dryden

Laws, Prince, Possess

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, but genius must be born; and never can be taught.
John Dryden

Time, May, Place

To die is landing on some distant shore.
John Dryden

Die, Distant, Shore

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.
John Dryden

Today, Tomorrow, Worst

War is the trade of Kings.
John Dryden

War, Trade, Kings

What passions cannot music raise or quell?
John Dryden

Music, Cannot, Passions

You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked through the water.
John Dryden

Love, Through, Water

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: August 19, 1631

Died: May 12, 1700

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