He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.
JOHN DRYDENBeware the fury of a patient man.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Present joys are more to flesh and blood Than a dull prospect of a distant good.
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We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
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A farce is that in poetry which grotesque (caricature) is in painting. The persons and actions of a farce are all unnatural, and the manners false, that is, inconsistent with the characters of mankind; and grotesque painting is the just resemblance of this.
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A happy genius is the gift of nature.
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War seldom enters but where wealth allures.
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Satire is a kind of poetry in which human vices are reprehended.
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They think too little who talk too much.
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They say everything in the world is good for something.
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But how can finite grasp Infinity?
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But love’s a malady without a cure.
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None would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain; And, from the dregs of life, think to receive, What the first sprightly running could not give.
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For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.
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Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
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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 world’s an inn, and death the journey’s end.
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And write whatever Time shall bring to pass With pens of adamant on plates of brass.
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