What did John Dryden mean by: And that one hunting, which the Devil design’d For one fair female, lost him half the kind. - John Dryden Poet · England Copy
+ There is a proud modesty in merit. Feraz Zeid, August 2, 2023December 12, 2023, John Dryden, Merit, Modesty, Proud, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Deathless laurel is the victor’s due. Feraz Zeid, October 24, 2023December 26, 2023, John Dryden, Fame, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Politicians neither love nor hate. Feraz Zeid, June 7, 2023December 12, 2023, John Dryden, Hate, Love, Love Hate, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ All the learn’d are cowards by profession. Feraz Zeid, August 13, 2023December 12, 2023, John Dryden, Coward, Profession, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Bets at first were fool-traps, where the wise like spiders lay in ambush for the flies. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Gambling, Spiders, Wise, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ For what can power give more than food and drink, To live at ease, and not be bound to think? Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Ease, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Merit challenges envy. Feraz Zeid, June 30, 2023December 12, 2023, John Dryden, Challenge, Envy, Merit, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Cheated, Passion, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
If a handsome woman allows that another woman is beautiful, we may safely conclude she excels her. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
O woman! thou wert fashioned to beguile: So have all sages said, all poets sung. - Jean Ingelow Poet · England
Art lies in conceiving and designing, not in the actual execution’ – this was left for lesser minds. - Will Durant Historian · USA
When nations grow old the Arts grow cold And commerce settles on every tree - William Blake Poet and artist · England
Designers are to be in connection with what’s happening with the movement of society. - Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion designer · France
I had relationships with men as well as women. I wasn’t choosing; I didn’t think I had to. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
God’s designs regarding you, and His methods of bringing about these designs, are infinitely wise. - Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon Mystic and writer · France
