+ Secret guilt by silence is betrayed. Author, July 19, 2023January 2, 2025, John Dryden, Betrayal, Guilt, Silence, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ 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
+ The love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Gift, Liberty, Life, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Chaucer followed Nature everywhere, but was never so bold to go beyond her. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Limitations, Nature, Realism, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Even kings but play; and when their part is done, some other, worse or better, mounts the throne. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Leadership, Power, Succession, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Silence in times of suffering is the best. Author, August 11, 2023January 2, 2025, John Dryden, Endurance, Resilience, Stoicism, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Politicians neither love nor hate. Author, June 7, 2023January 2, 2025, John Dryden, Ambivalence, Insincerity, Neutrality, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ And plenty makes us poor. Author, June 6, 2023January 2, 2025, John Dryden, Consumerism, Poverty, Wealth, 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
I’m not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it. William Morris Designer · England
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France