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John Dryden Quotes

«Much malice mingles with a little wit.»

Author: John Dryden (Critic, Dramatist, Poet) | Keywords: mingles

«Resolved to ruin or to rule the state.»

Author: John Dryden (Critic, Dramatist, Poet)

«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.»

Author: John Dryden (Critic, Dramatist, Poet) | Keywords: mounts, wren, wrens

«To die for faction is a common evil, / But to be hanged for nonsense is the Devil.»

Author: John Dryden (Critic, Dramatist, Poet) | Keywords: faction, factions, To Die For

«She feared no danger, for she knew no sin.»

Author: John Dryden (Critic, Dramatist, Poet)

«And this unpolished rugged verse I chose / As fittest for discourse and nearest prose.»

Author: John Dryden (Critic, Dramatist, Poet) | Keywords: fittest, unpolished

«Looks as he were Lord of humankind.»

Author: John Dryden (Critic, Dramatist, Poet)

«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.»

Author: John Dryden (Critic, Dramatist, Poet) | Keywords: untrue

«During his office, treason was no crime. / The sons of Belial had a glorious time.»

Author: John Dryden (Critic, Dramatist, Poet) | Keywords: Belial, treason

«Wit will shine / Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line.»

Author: John Dryden (Critic, Dramatist, Poet) | Keywords: cadence, harsh