Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
More Quotes from John Dryden:
Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble Honour but an empty bubble Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying. If all the world be worth the winning, Think, oh think it worth enjoying Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee.John Dryden
The wise and wealthy love the surest way
And are content to thrive and to obey.
John Dryden
Our author by experience finds it true, 'Tis much more hard to please himself than you.
John Dryden
You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked through the water.
John Dryden
For happiness was never to be found;
But vanish'd from 'em, like enchanted ground.
John Dryden
The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves.
John Dryden
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