Quote by John Dryden
Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause. - John Dryden

Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause. – John Dryden

Other quotes by John Dryden

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence. – John Dryden

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Fortune
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He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him. – John Dryden

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Plagiarism
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Royalty, Kings, Queens
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I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love. I now quit altogether public affairs, and I lay down my burden. – Edward VIII

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel. – Benjamin Disraeli

Im glad weve been bombed. It makes me feel I can look the East End in the face. – Queens Mother Elizabeth

There is something behind the throne greater than the King himself. – William Pitt The Elder Chatham

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For myself, if I am to stake all I have and hope to be upon anything, I will venture it upon the abounding fullness of God – upon the assurance that, as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are His ways higher than our ways, and His thoughts than our thoughts. – Henry Norris Russell

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Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature. – Harold Coffin

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Will power is only the tensile strength of ones own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce. – Cesare Pavese

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I have a friend that is a WWII buff, and we sat and talked a lot about stuff like the war and the reasons behind it, and you now its all in the uniform. Once youre in it, it usually does all the work for you. – Ryan Gosling

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