John Dryden
John Dryden
John Drydenwas an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668...
close eyes far meet sit souls touch
Our souls sit close and silently within, And their own webs from their own entrails spin; And when eyes meet far off, our sense is such, That, spider-like, we feel the tenderest touch
die lost loved
He loved me well: so well he could but die - To show he loved me better than his life; he lost it for me
glad
The people's prayer, the glad diviner's theme, / The young men's vision, and the old men's dream!
mercy reason rule
Reason to rule but mercy to forgive: the first is law; the last, prerogative.
allied bounds divide great madness near sure thin wits
Great wits are sure to madness near allied - And thin partitions do their bounds divide
battles fought
Fought all his battles o'er again; / And thrice he routed all his foes; and thrice he slew the slain.
closing compass frame full harmony heavenly notes universal
From harmony, from heavenly harmony / This universal frame began: / From harmony to harmony / Through all the compass of the notes it ran, / The diapason closing full in Man.
bless malicious man office proud seldom slave
Fortune, that with malicious joy, Does man her slave oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleas'd to bless
false whipped
Who, for false quantities, was whipped at school.
bound
To live at ease, and not be bound to think.
alone careful coin determine people spend time time-and-time-management valuable
Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful that you don't let other people spend it for you.
file finish fool fools-and-foolishness god help school true
True fops help nature's work, and go to school - to file and finish God Almighty's fool
god king nor pampered people
God's pampered people whom, debauched with ease, / No king could govern, nor no God could please.
candidate heaven
While yet a young probationer, / And candidate of heaven.