John Dryden quotes - page 6

Timotheus, to his breathing flute, And sounding lyre, Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. (John Dryden)
Tis sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty. We have our fore-fathers and great-grandames all before us, as they were in Chaucer's days; their general characters are still remaining in mankind, and even in England, though they are call'd by other names than those of Monks and Friars, and Canons, and Lady Abbesses, and Nuns: for mankind is ever the same, and nothing lost out of nature, though everything is altered. View quote
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Words are but pictures of our thoughts. View quote
John Dryden
He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear. View quote
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Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds. View quote
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Dancing is the poetry of the foot. View quote
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We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure. View quote
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She hugged the offender, and forgave the offense: Sex to the last. View quote
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In friendship false, implacable in hate, Resolved to ruin or to rule the state. View quote
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He's somewhat lewd; but a well-meaning mind; Weeps much; fights little; but is wond'rous kind. View quote
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Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. (John Dryden)
Thespis, the first professor of our art, At country wakes sung ballads from a cart. View quote
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Lord of yourself, uncumbered with a wife. View quote
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Like you, an alien in a land unknown, I learn to pity woes so like my own. View quote
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Above any Greek or Roman name. View quote
John Dryden
Nor can his blessed soul look down from heaven, Or break the eternal sabbath of his rest. View quote
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The wrath of Peleus' son, O Muse, resound; Whose dire effects the Grecian army found, And many a hero, king, and hardy knight, Were sent, in early youth, to shades of night. View quote
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Of ancient race by birth, but nobler yet In his own worth. View quote
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Too black for heav'n, and yet too white for hell. View quote
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Behold him setting in his western skies, The shadows lengthening as the vapours rise. View quote
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Leave writing plays, and choose for thy command Some peaceful province in acrostic land. There thou mayst wings display and altars raise, And torture one poor word ten thousand ways. (John Dryden)
Large was his wealth, but larger was his heart. View quote
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Love is lord of all, and is in all the same. View quote
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Happy who in his verse can gently steer From grave to light, from pleasant to severe. View quote
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With ravished ears The monarch hears; Assumes the god, Affects the nod, And seems to shake the spheres. View quote
John Dryden