Music is inarticulate poesy. John Dryden More Quotes by John Dryden More Quotes From John Dryden Doeg, though without knowing how or why, John Dryden mad poetry knowing We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what they help distribute to the public; by which means a falsehood once received from a famed writer becomes traditional to posterity. John Dryden truth helping mean Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace. John Dryden being-strong strength strong Love either finds equality or makes it. John Dryden best-love marriage love Arts and sciences in one and the same century have arrived at great perfection; and no wonder, since every age has a kind of universal genius, which inclines those that live in it to some particular studies; the work then, being pushed on by many hands, must go forward. John Dryden hard-work science art The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth, that testified surprise. John Dryden eye stupid people Is it not evident, in these last hundred years (when the Study of Philosophy has been the business of all the Virtuosi in Christendome) that almost a new Nature has been revealed to us? that more errours of the School have been detected, more useful Experiments in Philosophy have been made, more Noble Secrets in Opticks, Medicine, Anatomy, Astronomy, discover'd, than in all those credulous and doting Ages from Aristotle to us? So true it is that nothing spreads more fast than Science, when rightly and generally cultivated. John Dryden philosophy science school Youth, beauty, graceful action seldom fail: But common interest always will prevail; And pity never ceases to be shown To him who makes the people's wrongs his own. John Dryden failure action people Home is the sacred refuge of our life. John Dryden refuge sacred home Either be wholly slaves or wholly free. John Dryden slave literature Even victors are by victories undone. John Dryden undone victory The greater part performed achieves the less. John Dryden achieve greater success To draw true beauty shows a master's hand. John Dryden masters beauty hands All authors to their own defects are blind. John Dryden defects authorship blind The brave man seeks not popular applause, Nor, overpower'd with arms, deserts his cause; Unsham'd, though foil'd, he does the best he can, Force is of brutes, but honor is of man. John Dryden honor bravery men Thoughts cannot form themselves in words so horrid As can express my guilt. John Dryden form guilt It is almost impossible to translate verbally and well at the same time; for the Latin (a most severe and compendious language) often expresses that in one word which either the barbarity or the narrowness of modern tongues cannot supply in more. ...But since every language is so full of its own proprieties that what is beautiful in one is often barbarous, nay, sometimes nonsense, in another, it would be unreasonable to limit a translator to the narrow compass of his author's words; it is enough if he choose out some expression which does not vitiate the sense. John Dryden expression latin beautiful Music, Music for a while Shall all your cares beguile. Alexander's Feast John Dryden care The people have a right supreme John Dryden design kings people The Fates but only spin the coarser clue; The finest of the wool is left for you. John Dryden wool clue fate
