718 Quotes by John Dryden

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

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

None are so busy as the fool and knave.

What cannot Praise effect in Mighty Minds,When Flattery Sooths, and when Ambition Blinds!

Those who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write,Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.

Two if's scarce make one possibility.

When I consider Life, 'tis all a cheat;Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit;Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay:To-morrow's falser than the former day;Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blestWith some new joys, cuts off what we possesst.

Whatever is, is in its causes just;But purblind manSees but a part o' th' chain; the nearest link;His eyes not carrying to that equal beamThat poises all above.