167 Famous Quotes by John Dryden
8/9/1631 - 5/12/1700
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Dryden, John
Glorious John
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About John Dryden
John Dryden was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Walter Scott called him "Glorious John." He was made Poet Laureate in 1668.
Murder may pass unpunish'd for a time,
But tardy justice will o'ertake the crime.
Murder
Quotes, by John Dryden , Source: The Cock and the Fox (l. 285)
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Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense
Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.
Sense
Quotes, by John Dryden , Source: Absalom and Achitophel (pt. I, l. 868)
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I am as free as nature first made man,
Ere the base laws of servitude began,
When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Freedom
Quotes, by John Dryden , Source: Conquest of Granada (act I, sc. 1)
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And nobler is a limited command,
Given by the love of all your native land,
Than a successive title, long and dark,
Drawn from the mouldy rolls of Noah's Ark.
Love of country
Quotes, by John Dryden , Source: Absalom and Achitophel (pt. I, l. 299)
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Such subtle covenants shall be made,
Till peace itself is war in masquerade.
Peace
Quotes, by John Dryden , Source: Absalom and Achitopel (pt. I, l. 752; pt. II, l. 268)
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At home the hateful names of parties cease,
And factious souls are wearied into peace.
Peace
Quotes, by John Dryden , Source: Astroea Redux (l. 312)
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The habit does not make the monk.
[Lat., Cucullus (or Cuculla) non facit monachum.]
Appearance
Quotes, by John Dryden , Source: Hind and the Panther
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All human things are subject to decay,
And when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
Fate
Quotes, by John Dryden , Source: Mac Flecknoe (l. 1)
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'Tis Fate that flings the dice,
And as she flings
Of kings makes peasants,
And of peasants kings.
Fate
Quotes, by John Dryden , Source: Works (vol. XV, p. 103)
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Let fortune empty her whole quiver on me.
I have a soul that, like an ample shield,
Can take in all, and verge enough for more.
Fortune
Quotes, by John Dryden , Source: Don Sebastian (act I, sc. 1)
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And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere
Free from corruption, or entire, or clear,
Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire
In all things which our needful faith require.
Scripture
Quotes, by John Dryden , Source: Religio Laici (l. 297)
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Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow;
He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
Errors
Quotes, by John Dryden , Source: All for Love (prologue)
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The god-like hero sate
On his imperial throne:
His valiant peers were placed around,
Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound
(So should desert in arms be crowned).
The lovely Thais by his side,
Sate like a blooming Eastern bride
In flower of youth and beauty's pride.
Happy, happy, happy pair!
None but the brave,
None but the brave,
None but the brave deserve the fair.
Bravery
Quotes, by John Dryden , Source: Alexander's Feast (st. 1)
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The brave man seeks not popular applause,
Nor, overpower'd with arms, deserts his cause;
Unsham'd, though foil'd, he does the best he can,
Force is of brutes, but honor is of man.
Bravery
Quotes, by John Dryden , Source: Palamon and Arcite (bk. III, l. 2015)
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Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.
Youth
Quotes, by John Dryden , Source: Aureng-Zebe (act III, sc. 1)
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The most aggravating thing about the younger generation is that I
no longer belong to it.
Youth
Quotes, by John Dryden , Source: Aureng-Zebe (act III, sc. 1)
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