John Dryden, (1631-1700) English Poet Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-9] of 9 John Dryden quotesJohn Dryden QuotesJohn Dryden Ill habits gather by unseen degrees -- As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.~ John Dryden O freedom, first delight of human kind!~ John Dryden The love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.~ John Dryden The most may err as grossly as the few.~ John Dryden War is the trade of Kings.~ John Dryden We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what they help distribute to the public; by which means a falsehood once received from a famed writer becomes traditional to posterity.~ John Dryden Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.~ John Dryden 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 Of all the tyrannies on human kind / the worst is that which persecutes the mind.~ John Dryden Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print