John Dryden
John Dryden
John Drydenwas an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668...
funny humor successful
Successful crimes alone are justified.
law political politics
They that possess the prince possess the laws.
happiness men today
Happy the man, and happy he alone, he, who can call today his own.
courage whistling being-afraid
Whistling to keep myself from being afraid.
time today tomorrow
Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.
time writing brass
And write whatever Time shall bring to pass With pens of adamant on plates of brass.
running time race
Swift was the race, but short the time to run.
life kindness keys
Welcome, thou kind deceiver! Thou best of thieves; who, with an easy key, Dost open life, and, unperceived by us, Even steal us from ourselves.
sky lasts crumbling
…So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky
fate joy sorrow
Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows much more; if future fortunes were known before!
buddhist anger long
Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
fate design mind
For those whom God to ruin has design'd, He fits for fate, and first destroys their mind.
writing learning wells
Learn to write well, or not to write at all.
work-out soul storm
A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pygmy-body to decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms.