I trade both with the living and the dead, for the enrichment of our native language. John Dryden More Quotes by John Dryden More Quotes From John Dryden Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail. John Dryden stubborn lions tails A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow. John Dryden argument blow Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from pole to pole, So others may say when you are dead and gone. See what a vast estate he left his son. John Dryden soul war son Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more. John Dryden fidelity noble Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age. John Dryden long-distance-relationship missing-you i-miss-you Secret guilt is by silence revealed. John Dryden guilt silence secret A happy genius is the gift of nature. John Dryden genius Every age has a kind of universal genius, which inclines those that live in it to some particular studies. John Dryden genius study age Farewell, too little, and too lately known, Whom I began to think and call my own. John Dryden farewell littles thinking The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind's great bribe. John Dryden generosity secret mind Of all the tyrannies on human kind the worst is that which persecutes the mind. John Dryden libertarian liberty mind Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes; When monarch reason sleeps, this mimic wakes. John Dryden fancy dream sleep Joy rul'd the day, and Love the night. John Dryden joy night life For lawful power is still superior found, When long driven back, at length it stands the ground. John Dryden length driven long Every language is so full of its own proprieties that what is beautiful in one is often barbarous, nay, sometimes nonsense, in another. John Dryden language beautiful sometimes 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 believe lying children The longest tyranny that ever sway'd John Dryden torches light truth How blessed is he, who leads a country life, Unvex'd with anxious cares, and void of strife! Who studying peace, and shunning civil rage, Enjoy'd his youth, and now enjoys his age: All who deserve his love, he makes his own; And, to be lov'd himself, needs only to be known. John Dryden peace life country Mere poets are sottish as mere drunkards are, who live in a continual mist, without seeing or judging anything clearly. A man should be learned in several sciences, and should have a reasonable, philosophical and in some measure a mathematical head, to be a complete and excellent poet. John Dryden philosophical learning math I am resolved to grow fat and look young till forty, and then slip out of the world with the first wrinkle and the reputation of five-and-twenty. John Dryden wrinkles women twenties
