"Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece,……" — John Dryden
"Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd; The next, in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go; To make a third, she join'd the former two."
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John Dryden
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335 Quotes by John Dryden
John Dryden has 335 quotes on this site.
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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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More Adorn Quotes
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The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.
— Robert Burns
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I believe there is complete equality between men and women. And I believe those passages in the New Testament, not…
— Jimmy Carter
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No one has ever been accused for not providing ornaments, but for those who neglect their neighbour a hell awaits…
— Saint John Chrysostom
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It is a far worthier thing to read by the light of experience than to adorn oneself with the labors…
— Leonardo da Vinci
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Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world.
— Lord Chesterfield
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Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond,…
— Lord Chesterfield
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Man's destructive hand spares nothing that lives; he kills to feed himself, he kills to clothe himself, he kills to…
— Joseph de Maistre
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I am tired of the superficial smiles that adorn the many ghouls among us. I am tired of the righteous…
— Corey Taylor
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What good is it if the Eucharistic table is overloaded with golden chalices when your brother is dying of hunger.…
— Saint John Chrysostom
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The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture of silver, subsequently framed around it. The picture was not made to…
— Abraham Lincoln
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A tribute . . . is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism, which adorn the characters selected…
— George Washington
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Twisting and wiring and stringing starching and curling, delicately painting spots and shadings on scraps of silk until what had…
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