John DrydenWelcome, thou kind deceiver! Thou best of thieves: who, with an easy key, Dost open life, and, unperceived by us, Even steal us from ourselves.
About This Quote
In William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth by the witches, Macbeth’s friend the “kind deceiver” opens a way for Macbeth to kill King Duncan. In this quote, he is also a thief that steals our true selves. He steals our intelligence and makes us believe that we are in control of our lives when in fact we are not. This quote refers to the fact that we need to stay aware of what is going on around us at all times.
Source: All For Love
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More Quotes By John Dryden
- I am sore wounded but not slain I will lay me down and bleed a while And then rise up to fight again
- But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
- Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
- Welcome, thou kind deceiver! Thou best of thieves: who, with an easy key, Dost open life, and, unperceived by us, Even steal us from ourselves.
- For you may palm upon us new for old: All, as they say, that glitters, is not gold.