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John Dryden quotes: Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,
Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind
John Dryden quotes: But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land. But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land.
John Dryden quotes: Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail, Our lion now will foreign foes assail. Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail, Our lion now will foreign foes assail.
John Dryden quotes: Love is not in our choice but in our fate. Love is not in our choice but in our fate.
John Dryden quotes: Accurst ambition, how dearly I have bought you. Accurst ambition, how dearly I have bought you.
John Dryden quotes: If we from wealth to poverty descend,Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend. If we from wealth to poverty descend,
Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend.
John Dryden quotes: Damn'd neuters, in their middle way of steering, Are neither fish, nor flesh, nor good red herring. Damn'd neuters, in their middle way of steering, Are neither fish, nor flesh, nor good red herring.
John Dryden quotes: For danger levels man and brute And all are fellows in their need. For danger levels man and brute And all are fellows in their need.
John Dryden quotes: Humility and resignation are our prime virtues. Humility and resignation are our prime virtues.
John Dryden quotes: Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds. Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.
John Dryden quotes: Among our crimes oblivion may be set. Among our crimes oblivion may be set.
John Dryden quotes: A thing well said will be wit in all languages. A thing well said will be wit in all languages.
John Dryden quotes: Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone. Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.
John Dryden quotes: A coward is the kindest animal;'Tis the most forgiving creature in a fight. A coward is the kindest animal;
'Tis the most forgiving creature in a fight.
John Dryden quotes: He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him. He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him.
John Dryden quotes: Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm. Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
John Dryden quotes: One of the greatest, most noble, and most sublime poems which either this age or nation has produced. One of the greatest, most noble, and most sublime poems which either this age or nation has produced.
John Dryden quotes: How happy the lover,How easy his chain,How pleasing his pain,How sweet to discoverHe sighs not in vain. How happy the lover,
How easy his chain,
How pleasing his pain,
How sweet to discover
He sighs not in vain.
John Dryden quotes: Dancing is the poetry of the foot. Dancing is the poetry of the foot.
John Dryden quotes: He is the very Janus of poets; he wears almost everywhere two faces; and you have scarce begun to admire the one, ere you despise the other. He is the very Janus of poets; he wears almost everywhere two faces; and you have scarce begun to admire the one, ere you despise the other.
John Dryden quotes: Death only this mysterious truth unfolds,The mighty soul how small a body holds. Death only this mysterious truth unfolds,
The mighty soul how small a body holds.
John Dryden quotes: Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace. Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.
John Dryden quotes: Heroic poetry has ever been esteemed the greatest work of human nature. Heroic poetry has ever been esteemed the greatest work of human nature.
John Dryden quotes: Drinking is the soldier's pleasure. Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.
John Dryden quotes: O freedom, first delight of human kind! O freedom, first delight of human kind!
John Dryden quotes: To die is landing on some distant shore. To die is landing on some distant shore.
John Dryden quotes: A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow. A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
John Dryden quotes: Joy rul'd the day, and Love the night. Joy rul'd the day, and Love the night.
John Dryden quotes: Satire among the Romans, but not among the Greeks, was a bitter invective poem. Satire among the Romans, but not among the Greeks, was a bitter invective poem.
John Dryden quotes: Revealed religion first informed thy sight, and reason saw not till faith sprung to light. Revealed religion first informed thy sight, and reason saw not till faith sprung to light.
John Dryden quotes: Second thoughts, they say, are best. Second thoughts, they say, are best.
John Dryden quotes: Ev'n wit's a burthen, when it talks too long. Ev'n wit's a burthen, when it talks too long.
John Dryden quotes: Pleasure never comes sincere to man; but lent by heaven upon hard usury. Pleasure never comes sincere to man; but lent by heaven upon hard usury.
John Dryden quotes: Where'e're I go, my Soul shall stay with thee:'Tis but my Shadow I take away ... Where'e're I go, my Soul shall stay with thee:
'Tis but my Shadow I take away ...
John Dryden quotes: Ever a glutton, at another's cost, But in whose kitchen dwells perpetual frost. Ever a glutton, at another's cost, But in whose kitchen dwells perpetual frost.
John Dryden quotes: If you have lived, take thankfully the past. Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last. If you have lived, take thankfully the past. Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last.
John Dryden quotes: For age but tastes of pleasures youth devours. For age but tastes of pleasures youth devours.
John Dryden quotes: Dreams are but interludes that fancy makes ... Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behindRush forward in the brain, and come to mind. Dreams are but interludes that fancy makes ...
Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behind
Rush forward in the brain, and come to mind.
John Dryden quotes: My whole life Has been a golden dream of love and friendship. My whole life Has been a golden dream of love and friendship.
John Dryden quotes: Nothing to build, and all things to destroy. Nothing to build, and all things to destroy.
John Dryden quotes: Deathless laurel is the victor's due. Deathless laurel is the victor's due.
John Dryden quotes: Politicians neither love nor hate. Politicians neither love nor hate.
John Dryden quotes: She feared no danger, for she knew no sin. She feared no danger, for she knew no sin.
John Dryden quotes: The elephant is never won by anger; nor must that man who would reclaim a lion take him by the teeth. The elephant is never won by anger; nor must that man who would reclaim a lion take him by the teeth.
John Dryden quotes: Genius must be born, it can't be taught. Genius must be born, it can't be taught.
John Dryden quotes: When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit. When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.
John Dryden quotes: Having mourned your sin, for outward Eden lost, find paradise within. Having mourned your sin, for outward Eden lost, find paradise within.
John Dryden quotes: Here lies my wife: here let her lie! Now she's at rest, and so am I. Here lies my wife: here let her lie! Now she's at rest, and so am I.
John Dryden quotes: Resolved to ruin or to rule the state. Resolved to ruin or to rule the state.
John Dryden quotes: The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind's great bribe. The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind's great bribe.
John Dryden quotes: Either be wholly slaves or wholly free. Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.
John Dryden quotes: Never was patriot yet, but was a fool. Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
John Dryden quotes: Shakespeare was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of the books to read nature; he looked inward, and found her there. Shakespeare was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of the books to read nature; he looked inward, and found her there.
John Dryden quotes: Fool, not to know that love endures no tie,And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury. Fool, not to know that love endures no tie,
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
John Dryden quotes: He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master
John Dryden quotes: Boldness is a mask for fear, however great. Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.
John Dryden quotes: Keen appetite And quick digestion wait on you and yours. Keen appetite And quick digestion wait on you and yours.
John Dryden quotes: Discover the opinion of your enemies, which is commonly the truest; for they will give you no quarter, and allow nothing to complaisance. Discover the opinion of your enemies, which is commonly the truest; for they will give you no quarter, and allow nothing to complaisance.
John Dryden quotes: Self-defence is Nature's eldest law. Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.
John Dryden quotes: For you may palm upon us new for old:All, as they say, that glitters, is not gold. For you may palm upon us new for old:
All, as they say, that glitters, is not gold.
John Dryden quotes: Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense,But good men starve for want of impudence. Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense,
But good men starve for want of impudence.
John Dryden quotes: Satire is a kind of poetry in which human vices are reprehended. Satire is a kind of poetry in which human vices are reprehended.
John Dryden quotes: War is the trade of Kings. War is the trade of Kings.
John Dryden quotes: These are the effects of doting age,vain doubts and idle cares and over caution. These are the effects of doting age,
vain doubts and idle cares and over caution.
John Dryden quotes: I have a soul that like an ample shield Can take in all, and verge enough for more. I have a soul that like an ample shield Can take in all, and verge enough for more.
John Dryden quotes: I am devilishly afraid, that's certain; but ... I'll sing, that I may seem valiant. I am devilishly afraid, that's certain; but ... I'll sing, that I may seem valiant.
John Dryden quotes: My love's a noble madness. My love's a noble madness.
John Dryden quotes: For all have not the gift of martyrdom. For all have not the gift of martyrdom.
John Dryden quotes: Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh. Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
John Dryden quotes: The World to Bacon does not only owe it's present knowledge, but its future too. The World to Bacon does not only owe it's present knowledge, but its future too.
John Dryden quotes: So over violent, or over civil that every man with him was God or Devil. So over violent, or over civil that every man with him was God or Devil.
John Dryden quotes: Who thinks all Science, as all Virtue, vain; Who counts Geometry and numbers Toys ... Who thinks all Science, as all Virtue, vain; Who counts Geometry and numbers Toys ...
John Dryden quotes: Successful crimes alone are justified. Successful crimes alone are justified.
John Dryden quotes: Ye moon and stars, bear witness to the truth. Ye moon and stars, bear witness to the truth.
John Dryden quotes: None are so busy as the fool and the knave. None are so busy as the fool and the knave.
John Dryden quotes: 'Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness. 'Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness.
John Dryden quotes: If thou dost still retain the same ill habits, the same follies, too, still thou art bound to vice, and still a slave. If thou dost still retain the same ill habits, the same follies, too, still thou art bound to vice, and still a slave.
John Dryden quotes: The good we have enjoyed from Heaven's free will, and shall we murmur to endure the ill? The good we have enjoyed from Heaven's free will, and shall we murmur to endure the ill?
John Dryden quotes: He wants worth who dares not praise a foe. He wants worth who dares not praise a foe.
John Dryden quotes: For lawful power is still superior found, When long driven back, at length it stands the ground. For lawful power is still superior found, When long driven back, at length it stands the ground.
John Dryden quotes: Home is the sacred refuge of our life. Home is the sacred refuge of our life.
John Dryden quotes: Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors. Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.
John Dryden quotes: Virgil, above all poets, had a stock which I may call almost inexhaustible, of figurative, elegant, and sounding words. Virgil, above all poets, had a stock which I may call almost inexhaustible, of figurative, elegant, and sounding words.
John Dryden quotes: Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call today his own: He who, secure within, can say, Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call today his own: He who, secure within, can say, Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
John Dryden quotes: When Misfortune is asleep, let no one wake her. When Misfortune is asleep, let no one wake her.
John Dryden quotes: Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise! Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise!
John Dryden quotes: For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss. For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.
John Dryden quotes: Wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line. Wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line.
John Dryden quotes: He trudged along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought. He trudged along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought.
John Dryden quotes: Raw in the fields the rude militia swarms, Mouth without hands; maintained at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence. Raw in the fields the rude militia swarms, Mouth without hands; maintained at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence.
John Dryden quotes: The perverseness of my fate is such that he's not mine because he's mine too much. The perverseness of my fate is such that he's not mine because he's mine too much.
John Dryden quotes: Death ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene. Death ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene.
John Dryden quotes: Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow;
He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
John Dryden quotes: Interest makes all seem reason that leads to it. Interest makes all seem reason that leads to it.
John Dryden quotes: Zeal, the blind conductor of the will. Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.
John Dryden quotes: Night came, but unattended with repose.Alone she came, no sleep their eyes to close.Alone and black she came; no friendly stars arose. Night came, but unattended with repose.
Alone she came, no sleep their eyes to close.
Alone and black she came; no friendly stars arose.
John Dryden quotes: For my part, I can compare her (a gossip) to nothing but the sun; for, like him, she knows no rest, nor ever sets in one place but to rise For my part, I can compare her (a gossip) to nothing but the sun; for, like him, she knows no rest, nor ever sets in one place but to rise in another.
John Dryden quotes: Old as I am, for ladies' love unfit, The power of beauty I remember yet. Old as I am, for ladies' love unfit, The power of beauty I remember yet.
John Dryden quotes: Hushed as midnight silence. Hushed as midnight silence.
John Dryden quotes: What precious drops are those, Which silently each other's track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew? What precious drops are those, Which silently each other's track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?

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