John Dryden
John Dryden
John Drydenwas an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668...
life passion love-is
Love is a passion Which kindles honor into noble acts.
life cheating people
When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.
love life breakup
Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.
life men thinking
When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think tomorrow will repay. Tomorrow's falser than the former day.
life country blessed
How blessed is he, who leads a country life, Unvex'd with anxious cares, and void of strife! Who studying peace, and shunning civil rage, Enjoy'd his youth, and now enjoys his age: All who deserve his love, he makes his own; And, to be lov'd himself, needs only to be known.
life night joy
Joy rul'd the day, and Love the night.
life sweet pain
How happy the lover, How easy his chain, How pleasing his pain, How sweet to discover He sighs not in vain.
life giving equal
Take not away the life you cannot give: For all things have an equal right to live.
life journey men
Since every man who lives is born to die, And none can boast sincere felicity, With equal mind, what happens, let us bear, Nor joy nor grieve too much for things beyond our care. Like pilgrims to the' appointed place we tend; The world's an inn, and death the journey's end.
life dream heaven
So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.
fear life-lesson learning
He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
good-life mean use
Affability, mildness, tenderness, and a word which I would fain bring back to its original signification of virtue,--I mean good-nature,--are of daily use; they are the bread of mankind and staff of life.
heaven liberty life-is
The love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.
life ease prodigals
Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease.