John Dryden
John Dryden
John Drydenwas an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668...
silence secret guilt
Secret guilt by silence is betrayed.
silence secret guilt
Secret guilt is by silence revealed.
secret mind pleasure
The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind's great bribe.
children secret fool
For secrets are edged tools, And must be kept from children and from fools.
eagles imperfection secret
None, none descends into himself, to find The secret imperfections of his mind: But every one is eagle-ey'd to see Another's faults, and his deformity.
trust confidence secret
He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master
men secret secrecy
He who trusts a secret to his servant makes his own man his master.
secret favors fairy
Be secret and discreet; the fairy favors are lost when not concealed.
chose discourse nearest rugged verse
And this unpolished rugged verse I chose / As fittest for discourse and nearest prose.
though warm
And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm
poor ten thousand torture word
And torture one poor word ten thousand ways.
child thus
And thus the child imposes on the man.
image scattered wide
And, wide as his command, / Scattered his Maker's image through the land.
age genius includes particular studies universal
Every age has a kind of universal genius, which includes those that live in it to some particular studies