Shakespeare was the Homer, or father of our dramatic poets;Jonson was theVirgil, the pattern of elaborate writing; I admire him, but I love Shakespeare.
JOHN DRYDENWhat, start at this! when sixty years have spread. Their grey experience o’er thy hoary head? Is this the all observing age could gain? Or hast thou known the world so long in vain?
More John Dryden Quotes
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Honor is but an empty bubble.
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A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth.
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They live too long who happiness outlive.
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For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.
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Sweet is pleasure after pain.
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All empire is no more than power in trust.
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He who would search for pearls must dive below.
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Some of our philosophizing divines have too much exalted the faculties of our souls, when they have maintained that by their force mankind has been able to find out God.
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None are so busy as the fool and the knave.
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Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.
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Merit challenges envy.
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So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.
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Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil.
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Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
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Virtue is her own reward.
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