Quotes by
John Dryden |
1631-1700 , English poet
English poet, dramatist, and literary critic who so dominated the literary scene of his day that it came to be known as the “Age of Dryden”.He was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668.
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Quotations
| • | To die is landing on some distant shore. 8 |
| • | Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone. 4 |
| • | Self-defense is Nature's eldest law. 4 |
| • | A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth. 4 |
| • | Genius must be born, and never can be taught. 3 |
| • | War is the trade of Kings. 3 |
| • | A satirical poet is the check of the laymen on bad priests. 3 |
| • | Virgil had the gift of expressing much in little, and sometimes in silence. 2 |
| • | Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause. 2 |
| • | Repentance is but want of power to sin. 2 |
| • | Not to ask is not be denied. 2 |
| • | Love is love's reward. 2 |
| • | We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. 2 |
| • | He who would search for pearls must dive below. 2 |
| • | All objects lose by too familiar a view. 2 |
| • | She feared no danger, for she knew no sin. 2 |
| • | Too black for heav'n, and yet too white for hell. 2 |
| • | All have not the gift of martyrdom. 2 |
Quotes in Verse
| • | All human things are subject to decay, And, when fate summons, monarchs must obey. 4 |
| • | Here lies my wife: here let her lie! Now she's at rest, and so am I. 2 |
| • | War seldom enters but where wealth allures. 2 |
