01c. 1666 ADWhen I consider Life, 'tis all a cheat;Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit;Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay:To-morrow's falser than the former day;Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blestWith some new joys, cuts off what we possesst.John Dryden / quote ↗
02c. 1666 ADWhence but from heaven, could men unskilled in arts,In several ages born, in several parts,Weave such agreeing truths? Or how, or why, Should all conspire to cheat us with a lie?John Dryden / quote ↗
03c. 1666 ADMust I at length the Sword of Justice draw?Oh curst Effects of necessary Law!How ill my Fear they by my Mercy scan,Beware the Fury of a Patient Man.John Dryden / quote ↗
04c. 1666 ADGreat wits are to madness near alliedAnd thin partitions do their bounds divide.John Dryden / quote ↗
05c. 1666 ADFarewell, ungrateful traitor, Farewell, my perjured swain;Let never injured creature Believe a man again.The pleasure of possessingSurpasses all expressing,But 'tis too short a blessing, And love too long a pain.'Tis easy to deceive us In pity of your pain;But when we love you leave us To rail at you in vain.Before we have descried itThere is no bliss beside it,But she that once has tried it Will never love again.The passion we pretended Was only to obtain,But when the charm is ended The charmer you disdain.Your love by ours we measureTill we have lost our treasure,But dying is a pleasure When living is a pain.John Dryden / quote ↗
06c. 1666 ADThose who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write,Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.John Dryden / quote ↗
07c. 1666 ADLet Fortune empty her whole quiver on me, I have a soul that, like an ample shield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more; Fate was not mine, nor am I Fate's: Souls know no conquerors.John Dryden / quote ↗
08c. 1666 ADOnly man clogs his happiness with care destroying what is with thoughts of what may be.John Dryden / quote ↗
09c. 1666 ADFight on my merry men all I'm a little wounded but I am not slain I will lay me down for to bleed a while Then I'll rise and fight with you again.John Dryden / quote ↗
14c. 1666 ADChaucer I confess is a rough diamond and must be polished e'er he shines.John Dryden / quote ↗
15c. 1666 ADI'm a little wounded but I am not slain I will lay me down to bleed a while. Then I'll rise and fight again.John Dryden / quote ↗
16c. 1666 ADPresent joys are more to flesh and blood Than the dull prospect of a distant good.John Dryden / quote ↗
18c. 1666 ADDamned Neuters in their Middle way of Steering Are neither Fish nor Flesh nor good Red Herring.John Dryden / quote ↗
21c. 1666 ADBut far more numerous was the herd of stfch Who think too little and who talk too much.John Dryden / quote ↗
24c. 1666 AD…So when the last and dreadful hourThis crumbling pageant shall devour,The trumpet shall be heard on high,The dead shall live, the living die,And Music shall untune the skyJohn Dryden / quote ↗
