Best John Dryden Thoughts
- God has endowed man with inalienable rights, among which are self-government, reason, and conscience. Man is properly self-governed only when he is guided rightly and… Among
- And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way, That private reason 'tis more just to curb, Than by… Another Way
- Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes; When monarch reason sleeps, this mimic wakes. Dream
- Maintain your post: That's all the fame you need; For 'tis impossible you should proceed. All
- By education most have been misled. Been
- To take up half on trust, and half to try, Name it not faith but bungling bigotry. Bigotry
- Tis Fate that flings the dice, And as she flings Of kings makes peasants, And of peasants kings. Dice
- Damn'd neuters, in their middle way of steering, Are neither fish, nor flesh, nor good red herring. Fish
- Ill fortune seldom comes alone. Alone
- There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks. Asking
- My hands are guilty, but my heart is free. Free
- Thoughts cannot form themselves in words so horrid As can express my guilt. Cannot Form
- Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows Where noun, and verb, and participle grows. Climbs
- When Misfortune is asleep, let no one wake her. Asleep
- Murder may pass unpunishd for a time, But tardy justice will oertake the crime. Crime
- Ill news is wing'd with fate, and flies apace. Apace
- A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see. Begets
- Parting is worse than death; it is death of love! Death
- At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace. Cease
- Not sharp revenge, nor hell itself can find, A fiercer torment than a guilty mind, Which day and night doth dreadfully accuse, Condemns the wretch,… Accuse
- Satire among the Romans, but not among the Greeks, was a bitter invective poem. Among
- Satire is a kind of poetry in which human vices are reprehended. Human
- The end of satire is the amendment of vices by correction; and he who writes honestly is no more an enemy to the offender than… Amendment
- And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful… All
- Revealed religion first informed thy sight, and reason saw not till faith sprung to light. Faith
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