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Tragedy (play)5 quotes
Pains of love be sweeter far
Than all other pleasures are. — John Dryden · 1669There is a pleasure sure,
In being mad, which none but madmen know! — John Dryden · 1680Dead men tell no tales. — John Dryden · 1680I am as free as nature first made man,
Ere the base laws of servitude began,
When wild in woods the noble savage ran. — John Dryden · 1670And he who servilely creeps after sense,
Is safe, but ne'er will reach an Excellence. — John Dryden · 1669Comedy (play)3 quotes
There is a pleasure sure,
In being mad, which none but madmen know! — John Dryden · 1680Dead men tell no tales. — John Dryden · 1680For secrets are edg'd Tools,
And must be kept from Children and from Fools. — John Dryden · 1667Satire3 quotes
Great wits are sure to madness near allied
And thin partitions do their bounds divide. — John Dryden · 1681For who can be secure of private right,
If sovereign sway may be dissolved by might?
Nor is the people's judgement always true:
The most may err as grossly as the few. — John Dryden · 1681Nor is the people's judgment always true:
The most may err as grossly as the few. — John Dryden · 1681Travel writing3 quotes
Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof. — Thomas Fuller (churchman) · 1642Deceive not thyself by overexpecting happiness in the married estate... Remember the nightingales which sing only some months in the spring, but commonly are silent when they have hatched their eggs. — Thomas Fuller (churchman) · 1642Light (God's eldest daughter), is a principal beauty in a building. — Thomas Fuller (churchman) · 1642Comedy2 quotes
There is a pleasure sure,
In being mad, which none but madmen know! — John Dryden · 1680Dead men tell no tales. — John Dryden · 1680Drama (play)2 quotes
Death in itself is nothing, but we fear
To be we know not what, we know not where. — John Dryden · 1675For all the happiness Mankind can gain
Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain. — John Dryden · 1665Tragedy2 quotes
There is a pleasure sure,
In being mad, which none but madmen know! — John Dryden · 1680Dead men tell no tales. — John Dryden · 1680Religious literature1 quote
Familiarity breeds contempt. — Thomas Fuller (churchman) · 1654