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John Dryden Quotes - Page 17

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But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land.

But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land.

Love, Ambition, Ice

John Dryden (1873). “Poetical Works: Containing Original Poems, Tales, and Translations”, p.53

If you are for a merry jaunt, I will try, for once, who can foot it farthest.

Journey, Feet, Hiking

William Whitehead, Mr. John Crown, Mr. John Dryden, Nicholas Rowe (1720). “A Select Collection of the Best Modern English Plays: Vol. IV.”, p.48

Resolved to ruin or to rule the state.

Society, Politics, Ruins

Absalom and Achitophel pt. 1, l. 173 (1681)

For danger levels man and brute And all are fellows in their need.

Men, Needs, Levels

Reason saw not, till Faith sprung the Light.

Faith, Light, Saws

John Dryden (1682*). “Religio laici, or A laymans faith, a poem”, p.5

Home is the sacred refuge of our life.

Home, Sacred, Refuge

John Dryden, Sir Walter Scott (1808). “The Works of John Dryden,: The life of John Dryden”, p.214

Jealousy's a proof of love, But 'tis a weak and unavailing medicine; It puts out the disease and makes it show, But has no power to cure.

Jealousy, Proof Of Love, Medicine

John Dryden (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of John Dryden (Illustrated)”, p.2923, Delphi Classics

Heaven be thanked, we live in such an age, When no man dies for love, but on the stage.

Love, Men, Heaven

John Dryden (1868). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden: With Life and Critical Dissertation”, p.138

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.

Country, Dark, Land

John Dryden, Paul Hammond, David Hopkins (2007). “Dryden: Selected Poems”, p.181, Pearson Education

With how much ease believe we what we wish!

Believe, Wish, Ease

Nathaniel Lee, John Dryden, Arthur Murphy, George Farquhar, Hannah Cowley (1815). “Alexander the Great, Or, the Rival Queens. A Tragedy”

Better one suffer than a nation grieve.

Grieving, Suffering, Nations

'Absalom and Achitophel' (1681) pt. 1, l. 416

My heart's so full of joy, That I shall do some wild extravagance Of love in public; and the foolish world, Which knows not tenderness, will think me mad.

Heart, Thinking, Mad

1678 All for Love, or The World Well Lost, act 2.

Let cheerfulness on happy fortune wait.

Waiting, Fortune, Cheerfulness

John Dryden (1808). “The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author”, p.249

Accurst ambition, how dearly I have bought you.

Ambition

And, dying, bless the hand that gave the blow.

Blow, Hands, Dying

'The Spanish Friar' (1681) act 2, sc. 2

Government itself at length must fall To nature's state, where all have right to all.

Fall, Government, Length

1681 Absalom and Achitophel, pt.1, l.793-4.

When bounteous autumn rears her head, he joys to pull the ripened pear.

Autumn, Joy, Pears

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.

Love, Snow, Used

John Dryden (1808). “The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author”, p.407

Love taught him shame, and shame with love at strife Soon taught the sweet civilities of life.

Life, Sweet, Taught

John Dryden (1808). “The works of John Dryden: now first collected in eighteen volumes. Illustrated with notes, historical, critical, and explanatory, and a life of the author”, p.458

I am resolved to grow fat, and look young till forty.

Looks, Fats, Young

'The Maiden Queen' (1668) act 3, sc. 1

[T]he Famous Rules which the French call, Des Trois Unitez , or, The Three Unities, which ought to be observ'd in every Regular Play; namely, of Time, Place, and Action.

Play, Unity, Three

An Essay of Dramatic Poesy (1668)

The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth, that testified surprise.

Stupid, Eye, People

John Dryden (1855). “The Poetical Works”, p.464

A satirical poet is the check of the laymen on bad priests.

Poetry, Checks, Priests

John Dryden (2016). “The Works of John Dryden, Vol.2: Top English Literature”, p.292, VM eBooks

Music is inarticulate poesy.

Music, Inarticulate, Music Is

"Tyrannick Love, or The Royal Martyr". Tragedy by John Dryden (Preface), 1670.

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well; the chiefest part of which is to observe those excellencies which delight a reasonable reader.

Judging, Criticism, Delight

John Dryden (1995). “The Works of John Dryden, Volume XII: Plays Ambboyna, The State of Innocence, Aureng-Zebe”, p.87, Univ of California Press

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