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John Dryden Quotes

John Dryden -- Quote #1

The people have a right supremeTo make their kings, for Kings are made for them.All Empire is no more than Pow'r in Trust,Which when resum'd, can be no longer just.Successionm for the general good design'd,In its own wrong a Nation cannot bind. -- John Dryden

John Dryden -- Quote #2

Beware the fury of a patient man. -- John Dryden

John Dryden -- Quote #3

All human things are subject to decay,And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obeyThis Flecknoe found, who like Augustus youngWas call'd to empire, and had govern'd longIn prose and verse, was own'd, without disputeThrough all the realms of nonsense, absolute. -- John Dryden

John Dryden -- Quote #4

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. -- John Dryden

John Dryden -- Quote #5

Reason to rule but mercy to forgive The first is the law, the last prerogative. -- John Dryden

John Dryden -- Quote #6

Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide. -- John Dryden

John Dryden -- Quote #7

Death in itself is nothing but we fear To be we know not what, we know not where. -- John Dryden

John Dryden -- Quote #8

How can finite grasp infinity -- John Dryden

John Dryden -- Quote #9

The gates of Hell are open night and day Smooth the descent, and easy is the way But, to return, and view the cheerful skies In this, the task and mighty labor lies. -- John Dryden

John Dryden -- Quote #10

Look around the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it, pursue. -- John Dryden

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