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John Dryden Quotes

John Dryden quotes

English Poet August 19, 1631 – May 12, 1700

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So when the last and dreadful hour. This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky John Dryden
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. John Dryden
John Dryden quote: "What passions cannot music raise or quell?"
What passions cannot music raise or quell? John Dryden
John Dryden quote: "Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not..."
Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where. John Dryden
Whatever is, is in its causes just; But purblind man. Sees but a part o' th' chain; the nearest link; His eyes not carrying to that equal beam. That poises all above. John Dryden
John Dryden quote: "Dancing is the poetry of the foot."
Dancing is the poetry of the foot. John Dryden
John Dryden quote: "Rhyme is the rock on which thou art to wreck."
Rhyme is the rock on which thou art to wreck. John Dryden
John Dryden quote: "Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers,..."
Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. John Dryden
John Dryden quote: "Words are but pictures of our thoughts."
Words are but pictures of our thoughts. John Dryden
John Dryden quote: "Secret guilt is by silence revealed."
Secret guilt is by silence revealed. John Dryden
John Dryden quote: "Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul."
Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul. John Dryden
John Dryden quote: "Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till..."
Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me. John Dryden
John Dryden quote: "Boldness is a mask for fear, however great."
Boldness is a mask for fear, however great. John Dryden
John Dryden quote: "Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon..."
Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong. John Dryden
John Dryden quote: "None are so busy as the fool and knave."
None are so busy as the fool and knave. John Dryden

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