John Dryden Quotes

I started shooting when I was much too far away. That was merely a trick of mine. I did not mean so much as to hit him as to frighten him, and I succeeded in catching him. He began flying curves and this enabled me to draw near.

Bets at first were fool-traps, where the wise like spiders lay in ambush for the flies.

Don't talk anybody, don't come near! Can't you see the fish might hear? He thinks I'm playing with a piece of string; He thinks I'm another sort of funny thing, But he doesn't know I'm fishing - He doesn't know I'm fishing. That's what I'm doing - Fishing.

To snatch the worm from the trap.

The time that people aren't expecting what's going to happen, I find that's the best time to really cause the damage that needs to be done.

The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.

I'd be a terrible secret agent. I can't keep a secret and I'm not sneaky.

The knock-out punch is always the one you never see coming.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

There's a snake lurking in the grass.

All warfare is based on deception.

Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.

The Crocodile. He just lies there on the riverbank, his eyes half closed, looking sleepy. Then whap, he bites.

All are not hunters who blow the [hunting] horn.

All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.

Be the hunter, not the hunted.

Before Keto could notice, Hedge pointed towards the top of the amphitheater. It looked like he might be screaming, Gods of Olympus, what is that? Keto turned. Coach Hedge promptly took off his fake foot and ninja-kicked her in the back of the head with his goat hoof.

When stalking one’s prey, it is best to take one’s time. Say nothing, and as sure as eggs he will become curious and emerge.

The fox when it sees a flock of herons or magpies or birds of that kind, suddenly flings himself on the ground with his mouth open to look as he were dead; and these birds want to peck at his tongue, and he bites off their heads.

First think of the person who lives in disguise, Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend, The middle of middle and the end of end? And finally give me the sound often heard During the search for a hard-to-find word. Now string them together, and answer me this, Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?

Cats will always lie soft.

At first, then, exhibit the coyness of a maiden, until the enemy gives you an opening; afterwards emulate the rapidity of a running hare, and it will be too late for the enemy to oppose you.

The spider is an animal who eats mosquitoes. That's why I love the spider - it is the only way we have to deal with these insects.

A hare is not caught with a drum.

She watches him as a cat would watch a mouse.