Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue. 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 stubbornlionstails A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow. John Dryden argumentblow 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 soulwarson Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more. John Dryden fidelitynoble Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age. John Dryden long-distance-relationshipmissing-youi-miss-you Secret guilt is by silence revealed. John Dryden guiltsilencesecret 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 geniusstudyage Farewell, too little, and too lately known, Whom I began to think and call my own. John Dryden farewelllittlesthinking The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind's great bribe. John Dryden generositysecretmind Of all the tyrannies on human kind the worst is that which persecutes the mind. John Dryden libertarianlibertymind Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes; When monarch reason sleeps, this mimic wakes. John Dryden fancydreamsleep Joy rul'd the day, and Love the night. John Dryden joynightlife For lawful power is still superior found, When long driven back, at length it stands the ground. John Dryden lengthdrivenlong 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 languagebeautifulsometimes 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 believelyingchildren The longest tyranny that ever sway'd John Dryden torcheslighttruth 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 peacelifecountry 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 philosophicallearningmath 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 wrinkleswomentwenties
