Ev'n wit's a burthen, when it talks too long. John Dryden More Quotes by John Dryden More Quotes From John Dryden If all the world be worth thy winning. / Think, oh think it worth enjoying: / Lovely Thaïs sits beside thee, / Take the good the gods provide thee. John Dryden lovelywinningthinking Sure there is none but fears a future state; John Dryden tongueeternityheart Prodigious actions may as well be done, by weaver's issue, as the prince's son. John Dryden issuesdoneson When bounteous autumn rears her head, he joys to pull the ripened pear. John Dryden pearsautumnjoy He who proposes to be an author should first be a student. John Dryden authorshipstudentsfirsts Deathless laurel is the victor's due. John Dryden victorslaurelsfame All, as they say, that glitters is not gold. John Dryden glitterappearancegold That gloomy outside, like a rusty chest, contains the shoring treasure of a soul resolved and brave. John Dryden treasuresoulbrave Lucky men are favorites of Heaven. John Dryden luckymenheaven If thou dost still retain the same ill habits, the same follies, too, still thou art bound to vice, and still a slave. John Dryden slavevicesart They first condemn that first advised the ill. John Dryden illadvicefirsts When we view elevated ideas of Nature, the result of that view is admiration, which is always the cause of pleasure. John Dryden causesviewsideas If one must be rejected, one succeed, make him my lord within whose faithful breast is fixed my image, and who loves me best. John Dryden faithfulsucceedlord Time glides with undiscover'd haste; The future but a length behind the past. John Dryden lengthhastepast The bravest men are subject most to chance. John Dryden chancebraverymen Discover the opinion of your enemies, which is commonly the truest; for they will give you no quarter, and allow nothing to complaisance. John Dryden opiniongivingenemy To breed up the son to common sense is evermore the parent's least expense. John Dryden common-senseeducationson A lively faith will bear aloft the mind, and leave the luggage of good works behind. John Dryden faithbearsmind The propriety of thoughts and words, which are the hidden beauties of a play, are but confusedly judged in the vehemence of action. John Dryden vehemenceplaydrama I maintain, against the enemies of the stage, that patterns of piety, decently represented, may second the precepts. John Dryden maydramaenemy
