What did John Dryden mean by: But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune’s ice prefers to Virtue’s land. John Dryden Poet · England Copy
+ Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure,- Sweet is pleasure after pain. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Pain, Pleasure, Riches, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Love is a child that talks in broken language, yet then he speaks most plain. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Communication, Love, Understanding, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows Where noun, and verb, and participle grows. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Growth, Knowledge, linguistics, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature’s eye. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Beauty, Nature, Sun, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ They think too little who talk too much. Author, September 7, 2023January 2, 2025, John Dryden, Communication, Reflection, Thinking, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Time and death shall depart and say in flying Love has found out a way to live, by dying. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Death, Love, Time, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ O freedom, first delight of human kind! Author, August 12, 2023January 2, 2025, John Dryden, Delight, Freedom, Humanity, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are. Author, August 6, 2023January 2, 2025, John Dryden, Love, Pain, Pleasure, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
A well-born man is fortunate, but so is the man about whom people no longer ask, ‘is he well-born?’ Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A lofty birth or a large fortune portend merit, and cause it to be the sooner noticed. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
