Bitter Quote by John Dryden Download Open image “Satire among the Romans, but not among the Greeks, was a bitter invective poem.” — John Dryden ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bitter Greek Inspirational Poetry Satire
It is certain that satirical poems were common at Rome from a very early period. The rustics, who lived at a distance from the… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
Satire is, indeed, the only sort of composition in which the Latin poets whose works have come down to us were not mere imitators… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
As long as there is satire, the poet is, as it were, particeps criminis. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
what primitive tastes the ancients must have had if their poets were inspired by those absurd, untidy clumps of mist, idiotically jostling one another… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
Poetical feelings are a peril to scholarship. There are always poetical people ready to protest that a corrupt line is exquisite. Exquisite to whom? The Romans were foreigners writing for foreigners two millenniums ago; and for people whose gods we find quaint, whose savagery we abominate, whose private habits we don't like to talk about, but whose idea of what… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share
For a young and presumptuous poet a disposition to write satires is one of the most dangerous he can encourage. It tempts him to… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
“All the same, we ought to point out that if the kinds of poetry and representation which are designed merely to give pleasure can… — Plato Copy Share Image
“The words of the Greeks are born on their lips, but those of the Romans in their hearts.” — Cato Copy Share Image
I used to think all poets were Byronic Mad, bad and dangerous to know. And then I met a few. See Lamb 486:25. — Wendy Cope Copy Share Image
The bitterest satires and noblest eulogies on married life have come from poets. — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
“There is indeed a poetical attitude to be adopted towards all things, but all things are not fit subjects for poetry. Into the secure… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
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… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
To take up half on trust, and half to try, Name it not faith but bungling bigotry. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way, That private reason 'tis more just to curb, Than… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
A coward is the kindest animal; 'Tis the most forgiving creature in a fight. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
The cooler days have brought a wistful mood upon him. The smell of coalsmoke in the air at night. Old times, dead years. For… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
From the bitter cold winter at Valley Forge, to the mountains of Afghanistan and the deserts of Iraq, our soldiers have courageously answered when… — Solomon Ortiz Copy Share Image
Don't be bitter. Everybody suffers. If you can accept your suffering then you will understand other people better. Be grateful for pain. Love life. — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Troy was a sweet, good man. We just were never destined to be married. We just didn't have the same values. But I'm not… — Suzanne Pleshette Copy Share Image
You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Holy shadows of the dead, I'm not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
One may have been a fool, but there's no foolishness like being bitter. — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
“I doubt taking in a sullen, bitter, teenage girl with more issues than National Geographic is at the center of the vision board for… — Katja Millay Copy Share Image
Tireless passion, fierce jealousy, longing to possess and crush-these alone were left of all his love for Rosalind; these remained to him as payment… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds — Anonymous Copy Share Image
With every interview you feel like you lose a piece of yourself, and with every bad review you become just that little bit more… — Jane March Copy Share Image
I refuse to be one of those artists who, 10 years from now, they're bitter about the rise and the fall of their career.… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
