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John Dryden Quotes

«Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, / See the Furies arise!»
Author: John Dryden (Critic, Dramatist, Poet) | Keywords: cries, furies
«So poetry, which is in Oxford made / An art, in London only is a trade.»
«So sicken waning moons too near the sun,/ And blunt their crescents on the edge of day.»
«Youth, beauty, graceful action, seldom fail:/ But common interest always will prevail.»
«Did wisely from expensive sins refrain, / And never broke the Sabbath, but for gain.»
Author: John Dryden (Critic, Dramatist, Poet) | Keywords: refrain
«Dying bless the hand that gave the blow.»
«The trumpet's loud clangour / Excites us to arms.»
Author: John Dryden (Critic, Dramatist, Poet) | Keywords: clangour, excites
«The lovely Thais by his side, / Sat like a blooming Eastern bride.»
Author: John Dryden (Critic, Dramatist, Poet) | Keywords: blooming, eastern
«For politicians neither love nor hate.»
«His tribe were God Almighty's gentlemen.»