John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2929 John Dryden 1631-1700 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2929 |
| AUTHOR: | John Dryden (1631–1700) |
| QUOTATION: | But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune’s ice prefers to Virtue’s land. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Absalom and Achitophel. Part i. Line 198. |
| Note 1. Greatnesse on Goodnesse loves to slide, not stand, And leaves, for Fortune’s ice, Vertue’s ferme land. Knolles: History (under a portrait of Mustapha I.) [back] |