John Dryden
John Dryden (19 August 1631 - 12 May 1700 ) was an influential English poet, literary critic, and playwright. He was Poet Laureate, 1668-1689.
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When I consider life, 't is all a cheat.Yet, fooled by hope, men favour the deceit; trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: to-morrow's falser than the former day.
John Dryden
There is a pleasure sure in being mad, which none but madmen know!
John Dryden
Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
John Dryden
Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below.
John Dryden
Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare.
John Dryden
It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence.
John Dryden
And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.
John Dryden
Better to hunt in fields for health unbought than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend;
John Dryden
Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
John Dryden
Men are but children of a larger growth, our appetites as apt to change as theirs, and full as craving too, and full as vain.
John Dryden
Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, but good men starve for want of impudence.
John Dryden
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
John Dryden
By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.
John Dryden
He who would search for pearls must dive below.
John Dryden
A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
John Dryden
Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is, with thoughts of what may be.
John Dryden
