| 167 Famous Quotes by John Dryden
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“A fiery soul, which, working out its way,
Fretted the pygmy-body to decay,
And o'er-informed the tenement of clay.”
Soul Quotes Source: Absalom and Achitophel (pt. I, l. 156)
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“Lord of oneself, uncumbered with a name.”
Soul Quotes Source: Epistle to John Dryden
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“Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail,
Our lion now will foreign foes assail.”
England Quotes Source: Astroea Redux (l. 117)
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“But Shakespeare's magic could not copied be;
Within that circle none durst walk but he.”
Shakespeare Quotes Source: The Tempest--Prologue
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“But genius must be born, and never can be taught.”
Genius Quotes Source: Epistle X--To Congreve (l. 60)
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“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent
perspiration.”
Genius Quotes Source: Epistle X--To Congreve (l. 60)
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“Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent.
It takes a touch of genius--and a lot of courage--to move in the
opposite direction.”
Genius Quotes Source: Epistle X--To Congreve (l. 60)
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“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more
complex. . . . It takes a touch of genius--and a lot of courage
to move in the opposite direction.”
Genius Quotes Source: Epistle X--To Congreve (l. 60)
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“Swear, food, or starve; for the dilemma's even;
A tradesman thou! and hope to go to heaven?”
Business Quotes Source: Persius (sat. V, l. 204)
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“A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.”
Argument Quotes Source: Amphitryon (act I, sc. 1)
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“Old as I am, for ladies' love unfit,
The power of beauty I remember yet,
Which once inflam'd my soul, and still inspires my wit.”
Beauty Quotes Source: Cymon and Iphigenia (l. 1)
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“When beauty fires the blood, how love exalts the mind!”
Beauty Quotes Source: Cymon and Iphigenia (l. 41)
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“Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain:
Fought all his battles o'er again;
And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain.”
Vanity Quotes Source: Alexander's Feast (l. 66)
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“For who can be secure of private right,
If sovereign sway may be dissolved by might?
Nor is the people's judgment always true:
The most may err as grossly as the few.”
Public Quotes Source: Absalom and Achitophel (pt. I, l. 779)
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“Some truth there was, but dash'd and brew'd with lies,
To please the fools, and puzzle all the wise.”
Lying Quotes Source: Absalom and Achitophel
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“Drawn to the dregs of a democracy.”
Democracy Quotes Source: Absalom and Achitophel (pt. I, l. 227)
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“God has endowed man with inalienable rights, among which are
self-government, reason, and conscience. Man is properly
self-governed only when he is guided rightly and governed by his
Maker, divine Truth and Love.”
Democracy Quotes Source: Absalom and Achitophel (pt. I, l. 227)
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“Democracy is essentially anti-authoritarian--that is, it not only
demands the right but imposes the responsibility of thinking for
ourselves.”
Democracy Quotes Source: Absalom and Achitophel (pt. I, l. 227)
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“Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions--it only
guarantees equality of opportunity.”
Democracy Quotes Source: Absalom and Achitophel (pt. I, l. 227)
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“The love of liberty with life is given,
And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.”
Liberty Quotes Source: Palamon and Arcite (bk. II, l. 291)
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“Trust on and think To-morrow will repay;
To-morrow's falser than the former day;
Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blest
With some new Joys, cuts off what we possest.”
Tomorrow Quotes Source: Aureng-zebe (act IV, sc. 1)
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“Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He, who can call to-day his own:
He who, secure within, can say,
Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have liv'd today.”
Tomorrow Quotes Source: Imitation of Horace (bk. III, ode XXIX, l. 65)
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“Murder may pass unpunish'd for a time,
But tardy justice will o'ertake the crime.”
Murder Quotes 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 Source: Absalom and Achitophel (pt. I, l. 868)
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“He raised a mortal to the skies;
She drew an angel down.”
Influence Quotes Source: Alexander's Feast (l. 169)
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