John Dryden quotes - page 4

War seldom enters but where wealth allures. (John Dryden)
Railing in other men may be a crime, But ought to pass for mere instinct in him: Instinct he follows and no further knows, For to write verse with him is to transpose. View quote
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Possess your soul with patience. View quote
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The true Amphitryon is the Amphitryon where we dine. View quote
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The soft complaining flute, In dying notes, discovers The woes of hopeless lovers. View quote
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If the faults of men in orders are only to be judged among themselves, they are all in some sort parties; for, since they say the honour of their order is concerned in every member of it, how can we be sure that they will be impartial judges? View quote
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A satirical poet is the check of the laymen on bad priests. View quote
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Chaucer followed Nature everywhere, but was never so bold to go beyond her. View quote
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A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth. View quote
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I am resolved to grow fat, and look young till forty. View quote
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Of seeming arms to make a short essay, Then hasten to be drunk, the business of the day. (John Dryden)
Wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line. View quote
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Second thoughts, they say, are best. View quote
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Men are but children of a larger growth; Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving, too, and full as vain. View quote
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I am reading Jonson's verses to the memory of Shakespeare; an insolent, sparing, and invidious panegyric... View quote
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Reason to rule, but mercy to forgive The first is law, the last prerogative. View quote
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And torture one poor word ten thousand ways. View quote
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Lord of humankind. View quote
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A thing well said will be wit in all languages. View quote
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The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms. View quote
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Joy rul'd the day, and Love the night. (John Dryden)
Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence. View quote
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Secret guilt is by silence revealed. View quote
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Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies. View quote
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When I consider life, 't is all a cheat. Yet fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit; 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 new joys, cuts off what we possest. Strange cozenage! none would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain; And from the dregs of life think to receive What the first sprightly running could not give. View quote
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John Dryden

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Occupation: English Poet
Born: August 9, 1631
Died: May 1, 1700
Quotes count: 316
Wikipedia: John Dryden

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