Authors:
Topics:
Quotes › John Dryden

John Dryden Quotes About Mercy

We have collected for you the TOP of John Dryden's best quotes about Mercy! Here are collected all the quotes about Mercy starting from the birthday of the Poet – August 9, 1631! We hope you will be inspired to new achievements with our constantly updated collection of quotes. At the moment, this page contains 3 sayings of John Dryden about Mercy. We will be happy if you share our collection of quotes with your friends on social networks!

  • Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

    →
    John Dryden

  • The gods, (if gods to goodness are inclined If acts of mercy touch their heavenly mind), And, more than all the gods, your generous heart, Conscious of worth, requite its own desert!

    →
    John Dryden
    John Dryden (1808). “The Works of John Dryden Now First Collected ...”, p.255

  • Good Heaven, whose darling attribute we find is boundless grace, and mercy to mankind, abhors the cruel.

    →
    John Dryden
    John Dryden, Joseph Warton, John Warton (1811). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems, Tales, and Translations”, p.187
Page 1 of 1
Did you find John Dryden's interesting saying about Mercy? We will be glad if you share the quote with your friends on social networks! This page contains Poet quotes from Poet John Dryden about Mercy collected since August 9, 1631! Come back to us again – we are constantly replenishing our collection of quotes so that you can always find inspiration by reading a quote from one or another author!
You May Also Like:
Aphra Behn
Plutarch
Arthur Hugh Clough
Charles II of England
Robert Browning
William Wordsworth
Samuel Johnson
Ben Jonson

John Dryden

  • Born: August 9, 1631
  • Died: May 12, 1700
  • Occupation: Poet
3 Quotes

Related Authors

Popular Topics