What did John Dryden mean by: And write whatever Time shall bring to pass With pens of adamant on plates of brass. - John Dryden Poet · England Copy
+ Tis Fate that flings the dice, And as she flings Of kings makes peasants, And of peasants kings. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Dice, Fate, Kings, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Accurst ambition, how dearly I have bought you. Feraz Zeid, August 27, 2023December 24, 2023, John Dryden, Ambitious, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ To tame the proud, the fetter’d slave to free, These are imperial arts. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Art, Proud, Slave, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Fit, Flow, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Even kings but play; and when their part is done, some other, worse or better, mounts the throne. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Dryden, Kings, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Fortune’s unjust; she ruins oft the brave, and him who should be victor, makes the slave. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Dryden, Brave, Ruins, Unjust, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ The blushing beauties of a modest maid. Feraz Zeid, October 2, 2023December 26, 2023, John Dryden, Blushing, Maids, Modest, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Affection, Goodness, Grace, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. - William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Children have neither past nor future;they enjoy the present, which very few of us do. - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Days, months, years fly away, and irrecoverably sink in the abyss of time. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France