What did John Dryden mean by: Even victors are by victories undone. - John Dryden Poet · England Copy
+ Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh. Feraz Zeid, July 26, 2023December 12, 2023, John Dryden, Age, Creeps, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Riches cannot rescue from the grave, which claims alike the monarch and the slave. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Riches, Slave, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Fool, not to know that love endures no tie, And Jove but laughs at lovers’ perjury. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Laughing, Ties, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Or hast thou known the world so long in vain? Feraz Zeid, September 30, 2023December 26, 2023, John Dryden, Birthday, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ For all the happiness mankind can gain Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Gains, Happiness, Pain, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Restless at home, and ever prone to range. Feraz Zeid, August 6, 2023December 12, 2023, John Dryden, Home, Restless, Travel, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Rivers, Running, Sea, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance. Feraz Zeid, June 20, 2023December 12, 2023, John Dryden, Performances, Resolve, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
The use of EU summits to frame political victories or defeats is an annoying habit. - Jean-Claude Juncker Politician · Luxembourg
love is not a victory march, it’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah. - Jeff Buckley Singer-songwriter
In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest. - William Penn Founder of the Province of Pennsylvania · England
More things are left undone through neglect of duty than through neglect of self-interest. - duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt Nobleman · France
The American People in their Righteous Might will win through to Absolute Victory. - Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd U.S. President · USA
I glory in the conflict, that I may hereafter exult in the victory. I know that victory is certain. - Frederick Douglass Abolitionist · USA