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. 9 |
| • | A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth. 5 |
| • | Self-defense is Nature's eldest law. 5 |
| • | Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone. 5 |
| • | A satirical poet is the check of the laymen on bad priests. 4 |
| • | War is the trade of Kings. 4 |
| • | Genius must be born, and never can be taught. 4 |
| • | Virgil had the gift of expressing much in little, and sometimes in silence. 3 |
| • | All have not the gift of martyrdom. 3 |
| • | Too black for heav'n, and yet too white for hell. 3 |
| • | She feared no danger, for she knew no sin. 3 |
| • | All objects lose by too familiar a view. 3 |
| • | He who would search for pearls must dive below. 3 |
| • | We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. 3 |
| • | Love is love's reward. 3 |
| • | Not to ask is not be denied. 3 |
| • | Repentance is but want of power to sin. 3 |
| • | Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause. 3 |
Quotes in Verse
| • | All human things are subject to decay, And, when fate summons, monarchs must obey. 5 |
| • | War seldom enters but where wealth allures. 3 |
| • | Here lies my wife: here let her lie! Now she's at rest, and so am I. 3 |
