Best John Dryden Quotations
- When I consider life, 't is all a cheat. Yet fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay. To-morrow… All
- Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long,- Even wonder'd at, because he dropp'd no sooner. Fate… Autumn
- I trade both with the living and the dead, for the enrichment of our native language. Both
- Since every man who lives is born to die, And none can boast sincere felicity, With equal mind, what happens, let us bear, Nor joy… Appointed
- So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there. Death
- How blessed is he, who leads a country life, Unvex'd with anxious cares, and void of strife! Who studying peace, and shunning civil rage, Enjoy'd… Age
- Old as I am, for ladies' love unfit, The power of beauty I remember yet. Beauty
- But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land. Ambition
- She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold even in the summer of her age. Age
- Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail. Assail
- Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour but an empty bubble; Never… All
- Our souls sit close and silently within, And their own web from their own entrails spin; And when eyes meet far off, our sense is… Close
- He was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul. . . . He was naturally… All
- Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. Desire
- A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pygmy-body to decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleas'd… Body
- Here lies my wife: here let her lie! Now she's at rest, and so am I. Inspirational
- Learn to write well, or not to write at all. All
- Mere poets are sottish as mere drunkards are, who live in a continual mist, without seeing or judging anything clearly. A man should be learned… Anything Clearly
- How easy 'tis, when Destiny proves kind, With full-spread sails to run before the wind! Destiny
- He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master Confidence
- Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts All
- More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store Begets
- Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below. Dive
- But Shakespeare's magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he. Circle
- He is the very Janus of poets; he wears almost everywhere two faces; and you have scarce begun to admire the one, ere you despise… Admiration
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