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Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.

Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.

John Dryden (1990). “The Works of John Dryden, Volume XX: Prose 1691-1698 De Arte Graphica and Shorter Works”, p.132, Univ of California Press

Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes; When monarch reason sleeps, this mimic wakes.

John Dryden (1868). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden”, p.362

When we view elevated ideas of Nature, the result of that view is admiration, which is always the cause of pleasure.

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.312

To die for faction is a common evil, But to be hanged for nonsense is the devil.

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.334

Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.

John Dryden, Sir Walter Scott (1808). “Dramatic works”, p.228

Virtue in distress, and vice in triumph make atheists of mankind.

John Dryden (1998). “The Works of John Dryden, Volume XVI: Plays: King Arthur, Cleomenes, Love Triumphant, and The Secular Masque and Other Contributions to The Pilgrim”, p.145, Univ of California Press

Light sufferings give us leisure to complain.

John Dryden, Joseph Warton, John Warton (1811). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems, Tales, and Translations”, p.124

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

John Dryden (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of John Dryden (Illustrated)”, p.1562, Delphi Classics

War is the trade of kings.

'King Arthur' (1691) act 2, sc. 2

If passion rules, how weak does reason prove!

John Dryden (1962). “The Works of John Dryden”

Many things impossible to thought have been by need to full perfection brought.

John Dryden (1870). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden”, p.604

Nor is the people's judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few.

John Dryden (1870). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden”, p.113

Time and death shall depart and say in flying Love has found out a way to live, by dying.

John Dryden (1998). “The Works of John Dryden, Volume XVI: Plays: King Arthur, Cleomenes, Love Triumphant, and The Secular Masque and Other Contributions to The Pilgrim”, p.104, Univ of California Press

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

John Dryden, Joseph Warton, John Warton (1811). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems, Tales and Translations”, p.44