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The masses3 quotes
For 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 · 1681If by the people you understand the multitude,
the hoi polloi, 'tis no matter what they think; they are sometimes in the right, sometimes in
the wrong: their judgement is a mere lottery. — John Dryden · 1668Genius2 quotes
Great wits are sure to madness near allied
And thin partitions do their bounds divide. — John Dryden · 1681Genius must be born, and never can be taught. — John Dryden · 1694Insanity2 quotes
Great wits are sure to madness near allied
And thin partitions do their bounds divide. — John Dryden · 1681There is a pleasure sure,
In being mad, which none but madmen know! — John Dryden · 1680Secrets2 quotes
Dead men tell no tales. — John Dryden · 1680For secrets are edg'd Tools,
And must be kept from Children and from Fools. — John Dryden · 1667Anti-war1 quote
War, he sung, is Toil and Trouble;
Honour, but an empty Bubble.
Never ending, still beginning,
Fighting still, and still destroying;
If the World be worth thy winning,
Think, O think it worth enjoying. — John Dryden · 1697Changing the past1 quote
Not Heaven itself upon the past has power;
But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. — John Dryden · 1685Critique of democracy1 quote
Nor is the people's judgment always true:
The most may err as grossly as the few. — John Dryden · 1681Death1 quote
Death in itself is nothing, but we fear
To be we know not what, we know not where. — John Dryden · 1675Democracy1 quote
For 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 · 1681Downsides of education1 quote
By education most have been misled. — John Dryden · 1687Education1 quote
By education most have been misled. — John Dryden · 1687Fear of death1 quote
Death in itself is nothing, but we fear
To be we know not what, we know not where. — John Dryden · 1675Freedom1 quote
I 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 · 1670Genius and insanity1 quote
Great wits are sure to madness near allied
And thin partitions do their bounds divide. — John Dryden · 1681Happiness1 quote
For all the happiness Mankind can gain
Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain. — John Dryden · 1665Love1 quote
Pains of love be sweeter far
Than all other pleasures are. — John Dryden · 1669Mystery of death1 quote
Death in itself is nothing, but we fear
To be we know not what, we know not where. — John Dryden · 1675Nature1 quote
For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss. — John Dryden · 1700Nature of love1 quote
Pains of love be sweeter far
Than all other pleasures are. — John Dryden · 1669Nature of man1 quote
I 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 · 1670Noble savage1 quote
I 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 · 1670Pain1 quote
For all the happiness Mankind can gain
Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain. — John Dryden · 1665Playing it safe1 quote
And he who servilely creeps after sense,
Is safe, but ne'er will reach an Excellence. — John Dryden · 1669Pleasure1 quote
For all the happiness Mankind can gain
Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain. — John Dryden · 1665Pleasure and pain1 quote
For all the happiness Mankind can gain
Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain. — John Dryden · 1665Political theory1 quote
Nor is the people's judgment always true:
The most may err as grossly as the few. — John Dryden · 1681Present value1 quote
For present joys are more to flesh and blood
Than a dull prospect of a distant good. — John Dryden · 1687Rule of law1 quote
For 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 · 1681Self-knowledge1 quote
Look round the habitable world! how few
Know their own good; or knowing it, pursue. — John Dryden · 1693Success1 quote
And he who servilely creeps after sense,
Is safe, but ne'er will reach an Excellence. — John Dryden · 1669