"The unhappy man, who once has trail'd a……" — John Dryden
"The unhappy man, who once has trail'd a pen, Lives not to please himself, but other men; Is always drudging, wastes his life and blood, Yet only eats and drinks what you think good."
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335 Quotes by John Dryden
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War is the trade of kings.
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Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!
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Humility and resignation are our prime virtues.
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Not to ask is not be denied.
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An horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.
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She feared no danger, for she knew no sin.
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Accurst ambition, how dearly I have bought you.
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Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.
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Bacchus ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain. Bachus's blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure,…
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Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
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He look'd in years, yet in his years were seen A youthful vigor, and autumnal green.
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All heiresses are beautiful.
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There are three difficulties in authorship;-to write any thing worth the publishing-to find honest men to publish it -and to…
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People’s interest is in the product, not in its authorship,
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My teaching, if that is the word you want to use, has no copyright. You are free to reproduce, distribute,…
— U.G. Krishnamurti
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And people do enjoy the plays at completely different levels. And, likewise, they enjoy the authorship question... at completely different…
— Mark Rylance
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Authorship is not a trade, it is an inspiration; authorship does not keep an office, its habitation is all out…
— Mark Twain
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Translation is a form of passive aggression. In doing it, a writer chooses to forgo original authorship so as to…
— Lawrence Venuti
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All these teachers and [screenwriting] books mean you see movies that have been worked over by more committees wielding more…
— Paul Schrader
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The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these great masters, is this, that they can multiply their originals;…
— Joseph Addison
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Authorship of any sort is a fantastic indulgence of the ego.
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If you agree with some tenets of Objectivism, but disagree with others, do not call yourself an Objectivist; give proper…
— Ayn Rand
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I didn't really escape that gravity until I moved 300 miles south to go to college at 18, where authorship…
— David Knopfler
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Indeed, unless a man can link his written thoughts with the everlasting wants of men, so that they shall draw…
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