John Dryden was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden.
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Since every man who lives is born to die, and none can boast sincere felicity, with equal mind, what happens, let us bear, nor joy nor grieve too much for things beyond our care. Go to Quote / Comment
A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boils. Go to Quote / Comment
Successful crimes alone are justified. Go to Quote / Comment
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. Go to Quote / Comment
But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little and who talk too much. Go to Quote / Comment