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• He is the very Janus of poets; he wears almost everywhere two faces; and you have scarce begun to admire the one, ere you despise the other.

  John Dryden

  Two, Faces, Admiration

  'Essay on the Dramatic Poetry of the Last Age' (1672)

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• Inspire the Vocal Brass, Inspire;
  The World is past its Infant Age:
  Arms and Honour,
  Arms and Honour,
  Set the Martial Mind on Fire,
  And kindle Manly Rage.

  John Dryden

  War, Past, Fire

  John Dryden, John Mitford (1847). “The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose”, p.146

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• And he, who servilely creeps after sense, Is safe, but ne'er will reach an excellence.

  John Dryden

  Excellence, Safe, Creeps

  'Tyrannic Love' (1669) act 1, sc. 1

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• To draw true beauty shows a master's hand.

  John Dryden

  Beauty, Hands, Masters

  John Dryden (1861). “Poetical Works”, p.207

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• When Misfortune is asleep, let no one wake her.

  John Dryden

  Misfortunes

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• The unhappy man, who once has trail'd a pen, Lives not to please himself, but other men; Is always drudging, wastes his life and blood, Yet only eats and drinks what you think good.

  John Dryden

  Men, Thinking, Blood

  John Dryden (1811). “The poetical works of John Dryden, esq: containing original poems, tales, and translations, with notes”, p.436

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• Ill news is wing'd with fate, and flies apace.

  John Dryden

  Fate, Wings, News

  John Dryden (1853). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden. With Illustrations by John Franklin”, p.156

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• Having mourned your sin, for outward Eden lost, find paradise within.

  John Dryden

  Eden, Paradise, Sin

  John Dryden (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of John Dryden (Illustrated)”, p.2848, Delphi Classics

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• The good we have enjoyed from Heaven's free will, and shall we murmur to endure the ill?

  John Dryden

  Heaven, Free Will, Endure

  John Dryden (1808). “Dramatic works”, p.162

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• Damn'd neuters, in their middle way of steering, Are neither fish, nor flesh, nor good red herring.

  John Dryden

  Flesh, Red, Way

  John Dryden (1755). “The Duke of Guise. A tragedy. Acted by their Majesties Servants. Written by Mr. Dryden, and Mr. Lee”, p.267

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• As poetry is the harmony of words, so music is that of notes.

  John Dryden

  Music, Harmony, Notes

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• Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

  John Dryden

  Literature, Slave

  'The Hind and the Panther' (1687) pt. 2, l. 285

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• Even victors are by victories undone.

  John Dryden

  Victory, Undone

  Epistle 'To my honoured kinsman John Driden' l. 164

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• My love's a noble madness.

  John Dryden

  Love, Noble, Madness

  'All for Love' (1678) act 2, sc. 1

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• The first is the law, the last prerogative.

  John Dryden

  Law, Literature, Lasts

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• Beauty is nothing else but a just accord and mutual harmony of the members, animated by a healthful constitution.

  John Dryden

  Beauty, Constitution, Harmony

  John Dryden (1808). “The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author”, p.400

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• Raw in the fields the rude militia swarms, Mouth without hands; maintained at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence.

  John Dryden

  Military, War, Hands

  John Dryden (1854). “Poetical Works”, p.143

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• And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way, That private reason 'tis more just to curb, Than by disputes the public peace disturb; For points obscure are of small use to learn, But common quiet is mankind's concern.

  John Dryden

  Running, Church, Doctrine

  John Dryden, Paul Hammond, David Hopkins (2007). “Dryden: Selected Poems”, p.300, Pearson Education

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• The fortitude of a Christian consists in patience, not in enterprises which the poets call heroic, and which are commonly the effects of interest, pride and worldly honor.

  John Dryden

  Christian, Pride, Honor

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• But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land.

  John Dryden

  Love, Ambition, Ice

  John Dryden (1873). “Poetical Works: Containing Original Poems, Tales, and Translations”, p.53

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• Successful crimes alone are justified.

  John Dryden

  Funny, Humor, Successful

  'The Medal' (1682) l. 207

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• Restless at home, and ever prone to range.

  John Dryden

  Travel, Home, Restless

  John Dryden (1866). “Poetical Works: With a Memoir”, p.56

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• For danger levels man and brute And all are fellows in their need.

  John Dryden

  Men, Needs, Levels

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• Ill fortune seldom comes alone.

  John Dryden

  Fortune, Ill

  John Dryden (1854). “Poetical Works”, p.143

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• A satirical poet is the check of the laymen on bad priests.

  John Dryden

  Poetry, Checks, Priests

  John Dryden (2016). “The Works of John Dryden, Vol.2: Top English Literature”, p.292, VM eBooks

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