What did John Dryden mean by: But dying is a pleasure / When living is a pain. John Dryden Poet · England Copy
+ Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Affections, Goodness, Grace, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Love either finds equality or makes it. Author, June 7, 2023January 2, 2025, John Dryden, Connection, Equality, Love, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ They say everything in the world is good for something. Author, August 5, 2023January 2, 2025, John Dryden, Optimism, Purpose, Utilitarianism, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ To draw true beauty shows a master’s hand. Author, July 16, 2023January 2, 2025, John Dryden, Artistry, Beauty, Mastery, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ He who trusts a secret to his servant makes his own man his master. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Power, Secrecy, Trust, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Manipulation, Politics, Power, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Either be wholly slaves or wholly free. Author, June 3, 2023January 2, 2025, John Dryden, Dichotomy, Freedom, Slavery, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Heroic poetry has ever been esteemed the greatest work of human nature. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Greatness, Heroism, Poetry, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
What uniform can I wear to hide my heavy heart? It is too heavy. It will always show. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Hatred is so lasting and stubborn, that reconciliation on a sickbed certainly forebodes death. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
