Best John Dryden Wisdom
- Sculptors are obliged to follow the manners of the painters, and to make many ample folds, which are unsufferable hardness, and more like a rock… Ample
- He who trusts a secret to his servant makes his own man his master. Man
- Silence in times of suffering is the best. Best
- What precious drops are those, Which silently each other's track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew? Bright
- Trust on and think To-morrow will repay; To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blest With some… Blest
- We can never be grieved for their miseries who are thoroughly wicked, and have thereby justly called their calamities on themselves. Calamities
- Wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line. Cadence
- Ev'n wit's a burthen, when it talks too long. Burthen
- Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly. Fly
- With how much ease believe we what we wish! Belief
- Light sufferings give us leisure to complain. Complain
- Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well; the chiefest part of which is to observe those… Aristotle
- Music is inarticulate poesy. Inarticulate
- Chaucer followed Nature everywhere, but was never so bold to go beyond her. Beyond
- Order is the greatest grace. Grace
- Possess your soul with patience. Inspirational
- If all the world be worth thy winning. / Think, oh think it worth enjoying: / Lovely Thaïs sits beside thee, / Take the good… All
- 'Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness. Any
- But 'tis the talent of our English nation, Still to be plotting some new reformation. English
- Better one suffer than a nation grieve. Better
- My heart's so full of joy, That I shall do some wild extravagance Of love in public; and the foolish world, Which knows not tenderness,… Extravagance
- The true Amphitryon is the Amphitryon where we dine. Amphitryon
- A brave man scorns to quarrel once a day; Like Hectors in at every petty fray. Brave
- Be fair, or foul, or rain, or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not heaven itself upon the past… Been
- It is sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty. According
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