John Dryden Quotes

• 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

• Even victors are by victories undone.

  John Dryden

• Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

  John Dryden

• Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.

  John Dryden

• By education most have been misled; So they believe, because they were bred. The priest continues where the nurse began, And thus the child imposes on the man.

  John Dryden

• But love’s a malady without a cure.

  John Dryden

• But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.

  John Dryden

• Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

  John Dryden

• Beware the fury of a patient man.

  John Dryden

• Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun.

  John Dryden

• And plenty makes us poor.

  John Dryden

• And love’s the noblest frailty of the mind.

  John Dryden

• All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

  John Dryden

• All objects lose by too familiar a view.

  John Dryden

• All heiresses are beautiful.

  John Dryden

• A knock-down argument; ’tis but a word and a blow.

  John Dryden

• Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.

  John Dryden

  Topics in Age

• All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars brought nothing about; Thy lovers were all untrue. ‘Tis well an old age is out, And time to begin a new.

  John Dryden

  Topics in Age

• Every age has a kind of universal genius, which includes those that live in it to some particular studies.

  John Dryden

  Topics in Age, Funny

• For, Heaven be thank’d, we live in such an age, when no man dies for love, but on the stage.

  John Dryden

  Topics in Age, Funny

John Dryden (201)

Birth:	9th August, 1631
Death:	1st May, 1700
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Playwright, Poet

About

John Dryden was born in Aldwincle, Thrapston, Northamptonshire, England. He was an English poet, literary critic and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668. He earned a BA degree from Trinity College, Cambridge University in 1654. He wrote several poems include: Annus Mirabilis, Absalom and Achitophel, The Medall, MacFlecknoe, The Hind and the Panther, Eleonora, and Fables Ancient and Modern. He wrote several plays include: The Wild Gallant, The Indian Emperour, Secret Love, or the Maiden Queen, Tyrannick Love, The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards, Marriage A-la-Mode, Aureng-Zebe, All for Love, Oedipus, Don Sebastian, Amphitryon, and Love Triumphant.

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