What did John Dryden mean by: Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease. John Dryden Poet · England Copy
+ Fortune’s unjust; she ruins oft the brave, and him who should be victor, makes the slave. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Fortune, Injustice, Power, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Humility and resignation are our prime virtues. Author, October 2, 2023January 2, 2025, John Dryden, Humility, Resignation, Virtues, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ A brave man scorns to quarrel once a day; Like Hectors in at every petty fray. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Bravery, Conflict, Honor, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Death ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Death, Mourning, Relief, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Griefs assured are felt before they come. Author, August 26, 2023January 2, 2025, John Dryden, Anticipation, Emotions, Resilience, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ As poetry is the harmony of words, so music is that of notes. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Harmony, Music, Poetry, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul. Author, October 31, 2023January 2, 2025, John Dryden, Comparison, Emotions, Envy, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ All objects lose by too familiar a view. Author, August 1, 2023January 2, 2025, John Dryden, Appreciation, Novelty, Perception, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. Leopold Stokowski Conductor · United Kingdom
The taste for splendor is hardly ever combined in the same souls with the taste for the honorable. Read explanation Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
