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John Dryden
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“He trudg'd along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) said by 1700 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth, that testified surprise.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) said by 1700 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife, Soon taught the sweet civilities of life.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) said by 1700 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“She hugg'd the offender, and forgave the offence: Sex to the last.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) said by 1700 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“And raw in fields the rude militia swarms, Mouths without hands; maintain'd at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence; Stout once a month they march, a blustering band, And ever but in times of need at hand.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) said by 1700 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Of seeming arms to make a short essay, Then hasten to be drunk,--the business of the day.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) said by 1700 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call to-day his own; He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow, do thy worst, for I have liv'd to-day.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) said by 1700 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) said by 1700 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I can enjoy her while she 's kind; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes the wings and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) said by 1700 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) said by 1700 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Arms and the man I sing, who, forced by fate And haughty Juno's unrelenting hate.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) said by 1700 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“And new-laid eggs, which Baucis' busy care Turn'd by a gentle fire and roasted rare.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) said by 1700 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls must dive below.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) said by 1700 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Men are but children of a larger growth.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) said by 1700 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“'T is not for nothing that we life pursue; It pays our hopes with something still that 's new.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) said by 1700 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long,-- Even wonder'd at, because he dropp'd no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore years, Yet freshly ran he on ten winters more; Till like a clock worn out with eating time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) said by 1700 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Bless the hand that gave the blow.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) said by 1700 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A knock-down argument: 't is but a word and a blow.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) said by 1700 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The true Amphitryon.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) said by 1700 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The spectacles of books.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) said by 1700 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source