John Dryden quotes - page 2

They say everything in the world is good for something. (John Dryden)
All delays are dangerous in war. View quote
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The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth, that testified surprise. View quote
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Genius must be born, and never can be taught. View quote
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Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child. View quote
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When beauty fires the blood, how love exalts the mind. View quote
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So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there. View quote
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She feared no danger, for she knew no sin. View quote
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Whistling to keep myself from being afraid. View quote
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All empire is no more than power in trust. View quote
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Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace. (John Dryden)
Whatever is, is in its causes just. View quote
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All heiresses are beautiful. View quote
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What precious drops are those Which silently each other's track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their infant dew. View quote
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Old as I am, for ladies' love unfit, The power of beauty I remember yet. View quote
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Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence. View quote
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For present joys are more to flesh and blood than a dull prospect of a distant good. View quote
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An horrible stilness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear. View quote
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Here lies my wife here let her lie Now she's at rest, and so am I. View quote
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So over violent, or over civil, That every man with him was God or Devil. View quote
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Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue. (John Dryden)
Since every man who lives is born to die, And none can boast sincere felicity, With equal mind, what happens, let us bear, Nor joy nor grieve too much for things beyond our care. Like pilgrims to the appointed place we tend The worlds an inn, and death the journeys end. View quote
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Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd The next, in majesty in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go To make a third, she join'd the former two. View quote
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He trudg'd along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought. View quote
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He was exhaled his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew. View quote
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