Quotes and Quotations

Memorable Quotes and quotations from John Dryden

John Dryden English dramatist & poet (1631 - 1700)


John Dryden - The Medal, 1682
- None are so busy as the fool and knave.

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- Beware the fury of a patient man.

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- The conscience of a people is their power.

John Dryden - Imitation of Horace
- And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.

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- Beware the fury of a patient man.

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- Beware of the fury of the patient man.

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- They think to little who talk to much.

John Dryden -
- But far more numerous was the herd of such,
Who think too little and who talk too much.

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- Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.

John Dryden - Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
- Beware the fury of a patient man.

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- Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.

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- We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.

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- Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He, who can call to-day his own:
He who, secure within, can say,
To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.

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- Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today.

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- Dreams are but interludes that fancy makes...
Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behind
Rush forward in the brain, and come to mind.

John Dryden -
- Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare.