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.
JOHN DRYDENSince 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.
More John Dryden Quotes
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Satire among the Romans, but not among the Greeks, was a bitter invective poem.
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Virgil and Horace were the severest writers of the severest age.
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They, who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men.
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Light sufferings give us leisure to complain.
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Lucky men are favorites of Heaven.
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Welcome, thou kind deceiver! Thou best of thieves; who, with an easy key, Dost open life, and, unperceived by us, Even steal us from ourselves.
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They think too little who talk too much.
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Since a true knowledge of nature gives us pleasure, a lively imitation of it, either in poetry or painting, must produce a much greater; for both these arts are not only true imitations of nature, but of the best nature.
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Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age.
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They first condemn that first advised the ill.
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We by art unteach what Nature taught.
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Old age creeps on us where we think it night.
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When I consider life, ’tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think tomorrow will repay. Tomorrow’s falser than the former day.
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Beware the fury of a patient man.
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For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.
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