| 167 Famous Quotes by John Dryden
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“Fortune befriends the bold.”
Boldness Quotes |
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“Commemoration of Thomas Bray, Priest, Founder of SPCK, 1730 The fortitude of a Christian consists in patience, not in enterprises which the poets call heroic, and which are commonly the effects of interest, pride, and worldly honor.”
Christianity Quotes |
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“Beware the fury of a patient man. -John Dryden.”
Anger Quotes |
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“Beware of the fury of the patient man. -John Dryden.”
Anger Quotes |
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“For they conquer who believe they can.”
Confidence Quotes |
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“It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, but is ruled by prudence.”
Fortune Quotes |
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“Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and never can be taught.”
Genius Quotes |
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“God never made His work for man to mend.”
God Quotes |
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“Those wanting wit affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men.”
Gravity Quotes |
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“When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.”
Love Quotes |
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“There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks.”
Merit Quotes |
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“A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boils.”
Mob Quotes |
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“Beware the fury of a patient man.”
Patience Quotes |
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“He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.”
Secrecy Quotes |
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“Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.”
Temptation Quotes |
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“Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below.”
Truth Quotes |
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“Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.”
Vice Quotes |
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John Dryden Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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