What did John Dryden mean by: Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child. John Dryden Poet · England Copy
+ For lawful power is still superior found, When long driven back, at length it stands the ground. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Persistence, Power, Superiority, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ If you have lived, take thankfully the past. Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Gratitude, Memory, Reflection., 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Riches cannot rescue from the grave, which claims alike the monarch and the slave. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Death, Equality, Wealth, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ None but the brave deserve the fair. Author, August 23, 2023January 2, 2025, John Dryden, Bravery, Deserving, Fairness, 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
+ If we from wealth to poverty descend, Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Friendship, Poverty, Wealth, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Self-defense is Nature’s eldest law. Author, July 6, 2023January 2, 2025, John Dryden, Instinct, Self-preservation, Survival, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Inspiration, Poetry, Power, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
A man can keep another’s secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
