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John Dryden Quotes - Page 18

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Chaucer followed Nature everywhere, but was never so bold to go beyond her.

Chaucer followed Nature everywhere, but was never so bold to go beyond her.

Nature, Chaucer

John Dryden (1868). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden: With Life and Critical Dissertation”, p.194

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he, who can call today his own.

Happiness, Men, Today

Imitation of Horace bk. 3, ode 29, l. 65 (1685)

Moderate sorrow Fits vulgar love, and for a vulgar man: But I have lov'd with such transcendent passion, I soar'd, at first, quite out of reason's view, And now am lost above it.

Passion, Men, Views

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

Nature meant me A wife, a silly, harmless, household dove, Fond without art, and kind without deceit.

Art, Nature, Silly

"All for Love".

From Harmony, from heav'nly Harmony. This universal Frame began.

Science, Harmony, Universal

John Dryden (2013). “Selected Poems”, p.83, Courier Corporation

Even kings but play; and when their part is done, some other, worse or better, mounts the throne.

Kings, Play, Acting

John Dryden (1870). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden”, p.558

My right eye itches, some good luck is near.

Good Luck, Eye, Luck

John Dryden (1972). “The Works of John Dryden, Volume II: Poems, 1681-1684”, p.377, Univ of California Press

My whole life Has been a golden dream of love and friendship.

Dream, Love And Friendship, Golden

1678 All for Love, or The World Well Lost, act 5.

Even victors are by victories undone.

Victory, Undone

Epistle 'To my honoured kinsman John Driden' l. 164

Bets at first were fool-traps, where the wise like spiders lay in ambush for the flies.

Wise, Gambling, Spiders

John Dryden, Sir Walter Scott (1808). “The works of John Dryden now first collected ...”, p.123

Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And view the ocean leaning on the sky: From thence our rolling Neighbours we shall know, And on the Lunar world securely pry.

Ocean, Science, Moon

John Dryden (1870). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden”, p.66

When the Sun sets, shadows, that shew'd at Noon But small, appear most long and terrible; So, when we think Fate hovers o'er our Heads, Our apprehensions shoot beyond all bounds, Owls, Ravens, Crickets seem the watch of death, Nature's worst Vermine scare her God-like Sons. Ecchoes the very leavings of a Voice, Grow babling Ghosts, and call us to our Graves: Each Mole-hill thought swells to a huge Olympus, While we fantastick Dreamers heave and puff, And sweat with an Imagination's weight.

Fear, Fate, Son

"Dramatik Works".

For all have not the gift of martyrdom.

Conformity, Conform, Martyrdom

John Dryden (1767). “THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN, Esq; Containing All His ORIGINAL POEMS, TALES, AND TRANSLATIONS, IN FOUR VOLUMES.: VOLUME THE SECOND”, p.31

To die is landing on some distant shore.

Life, Death, Nature

The fortitude of a Christian consists in patience, not in enterprises which the poets call heroic, and which are commonly the effects of interest, pride and worldly honor.

Christian, Pride, Honor

Railing in other men may be a crime, But ought to pass for mere instinct in him: Instinct he follows and no further knows, For to write verse with him is to transprose.

Writing, Men, May

John Dryden, George Gilfillan (1857). “Poetical Works: With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes”, p.139

A coward is the kindest animal; 'Tis the most forgiving creature in a fight.

Fighting, Animal, Forgiving

Love is a child that talks in broken language, yet then he speaks most plain.

Children, Love Is, Broken

John Dryden (1985). “The Works of John Dryden, Volume XIII: Plays: All for Love, Oedipus, Troilus and Cressida”, p.294, Univ of California Press

A man may be capable, as Jack Ketch's wife said of his servant, of a plain piece of work, a bare hanging; but to makea malefactordiesweetly was only belonging toher husband.

Husband, Men, Wife

'On Settle'

I maintain, against the enemies of the stage, that patterns of piety, decently represented, may second the precepts.

Drama, Enemy, May

John Dryden (1970). “The Works of John Dryden, Volume X: Plays: The Tempest, Tyrannick Love, An Evening's Love”, p.109, Univ of California Press

The propriety of thoughts and words, which are the hidden beauties of a play, are but confusedly judged in the vehemence of action.

Drama, Play, Vehemence

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.379

Be secret and discreet; the fairy favors are lost when not concealed.

Secret, Favors, Fairy

A lively faith will bear aloft the mind, and leave the luggage of good works behind.

Faith, Mind, Bears

John Dryden (1784). “The poetical works of John Dryden”, p.185

For mysterious things of faith, rely on the proponent, Heaven's authority.

Faith, Mysterious Things, Heaven

John Dryden, Paul Hammond, David Hopkins (2007). “Dryden: Selected Poems”, p.399, Pearson Education

The soft complaining flute, In dying notes, discovers The woes of hopeless lovers.

Dying, Complaining, Woe

John Dryden, John Mitford (1847). “The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose”, p.141

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