John Dryden
John Dryden
John Drydenwas an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668...
book inward found
Shakespeare was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of the books to read nature; he looked inward, and found her there.
beauty beautiful heiress
All heiresses are beautiful.
years green looks
He look'd in years, yet in his years were seen A youthful vigor, and autumnal green.
greatness desire sin
Desire of greatness is a godlike sin.
sweet pain drinking
Bacchus ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain. Bachus's blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure, Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure- Sweet is pleasure after pain.
literature madness wit
Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.
men afterlife burden
The thought of being nothing after death is a burden insupportable to a virtuous man.
mind and-love frailty
And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.
sight water crooked
You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked through the water.
envy challenges merit
Merit challenges envy.
art rocks wrecks
Rhyme is the rock on which thou art to wreck.
curiosity behind-the-scenes counterfeit
He who would pry behind the scenes oft sees a counterfeit.
judging interest settings
not judging truth to be in nature better than falsehood, but setting a value upon both according to interest.
depression mad insanity
There is a pleasure in being mad, which none but madmen know.