John Dryden

John Dryden

was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles
Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows.More John Dryden quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]
Old as I am, for ladies' love unfit,
The power of beauty I remember yet,
Which once inflam'd my soul, and still inspires my wit.More John Dryden quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]
If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed the deeper they burn.More John Dryden quotes [09/23/2011 08:09:33]
Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from pole to pole, So others may say when you are dead and gone. See what a vast estate he left his son.More John Dryden quotes [01/01/2000 12:01:00]
If by the people you understand the multitude, the hoi polloi, 'tis no matter what they think; they are sometimes in the right, sometimes in the wrong; their judgment is a mere lottery.More John Dryden quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

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