"Wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of…" — John Dryden
"Wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line."
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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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But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love…
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The reader reads aloud, with a sing-song up … then down … then down again cadence. My mood shifts from…
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To brisk notes in cadence beating, glance their many-twinkling feet.
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