Imitators are but a servile kind of cattle. John Dryden More Quotes by John Dryden More Quotes From John Dryden not judging truth to be in nature better than falsehood, but setting a value upon both according to interest. John Dryden settings interest judging Shakespeare was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of the books to read nature; he looked inward, and found her there. John Dryden inward found book You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked through the water. John Dryden crooked sight water More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store John Dryden hunger liberty desire And love's the noblest frailty of the mind. John Dryden frailty and-love mind No government has ever been, or can ever be, wherein time-servers and blockheads will not be uppermost. John Dryden blockheads server government New vows to plight, and plighted vows to break. John Dryden coquette vow plight Light sufferings give us leisure to complain. John Dryden light suffering giving Freedom which in no other land will thrive, Freedom an English subject's sole prerogative. John Dryden sole freedom land When I consider life, 't is all a cheat. Yet fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay. To-morrow 's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and while it says we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest. Strange cozenage! none would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain; And from the dregs of life think to receive What the first sprightly running could not give. John Dryden running life lying Revealed religion first informed thy sight, and reason saw not till faith sprung to light. John Dryden scripture light sight But love's a malady without a cure. John Dryden cures literature love Fortune's unjust; she ruins oft the brave, and him who should be victor, makes the slave. John Dryden ruins unjust brave He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear. John Dryden life-lesson learning fear Affability, mildness, tenderness, and a word which I would fain bring back to its original signification of virtue,--I mean good-nature,--are of daily use; they are the bread of mankind and staff of life. John Dryden good-life use mean I never saw any good that came of telling truth. John Dryden saws telling-the-truth truth If we from wealth to poverty descend, John Dryden poverty want giving Death only this mysterious truth unfolds, John Dryden body soul death Few know the use of life before 'tis past. John Dryden use knows past 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 betrayal ice way
