Michael Drayton Quotes

#1. O blessed bounty, giving ail content!
The only fautress of all noble arts
That lend'st success to every good intent.
A grace that rests in the most godlike hearts,
By heav'n to none but happy souls infus'd
Pity it is, that e'er thou wast abus'd.

Michael Drayton

#2. All transitory titles I detest; a virtuous life I mean to boast alone. Our birth's our sires'; our virtues be our own.

Michael Drayton

#3. With much we surfeit; plenty makes us poor.

Michael Drayton

#4. The mind is free, whate'er afflict the man, A King's a King, do Fortune what she can.

Michael Drayton

#5. Thus when we fondly flatter our desires, Our best conceits do prove the greatest liars.

Michael Drayton

#6. Better sit still, than rise to meet the devil.

Michael Drayton

#7. Must, bid the Morn awake!
Sad Winter now declines,
Each bird doth choose a mate;
This day's Saint Valentine's.
For that good bishop's sake
Get up and let us see
What beauty it shall be
That Fortune us assigns.

Michael Drayton

#8. It is your virtue, being men, to try;
And it is ours, by virtue to deny.

Michael Drayton

#9. The falcon and the dove sit there together, and the one of them doth prune the other's feather.

Michael Drayton

#10. When Time shall turne those Amber Lockes to Gray.

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#11. WhenTime shall turn those amber locks to grey, My verse again shall gild and make them gay.

Michael Drayton

#12. So in all humours sportively I range; My muse is rightly of the English strain, That cannot long one fashion entertain.

Michael Drayton