John Dryden

English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright78 QUOTES

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John Dryden was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright of the Restoration era. Born in 1631 and dying in 1700, he became England’s first Poet Laureate in 1668 and came to stand at the center of literary life in his time. Dryden wrote across several forms, including poetry, criticism, translation, and drama. His influence was so strong that literary circles later referred to the period as the Age of Dryden. Sir Walter Scott also called him “Glorious John,” a sign of the esteem in which he was held.

“Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.”

REFLECTIONS

“What passions cannot music raise or quell?”

MUSIC

“Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun.”

REFLECTIONS

“Such subtle covenants shall be made, Till peace itself is war in masquerade.”

PEACE WAR

“Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.”

FORGIVENESS

“We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.”

REFLECTIONS

“Beware the fury of a patient man.”

PATIENCE ANGER

“And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.”

LOVE

“He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.”