What did John Dryden mean by: Let cheerfulness on happy fortune wait. John Dryden Poet · England Copy
+ The trumpet’s loud clangor Excites us to arms. Author, July 4, 2023January 2, 2025, John Dryden, Mobilization, Patriotism, War, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ To die for faction is a common evil, But to be hanged for nonsense is the devil. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Consequences, Injustice, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Presence of mind and courage in distress, Are more than arrives to procure success? Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Courage, Mind, Success, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ There is a pleasure in being mad, which none but madmen know. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Experience, Madness, Pleasure, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ I learn to pity woes so like my own. Author, August 9, 2023January 2, 2025, John Dryden, Empathy, Self-reflection, Understanding, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Secret guilt is by silence revealed. Author, August 10, 2023January 2, 2025, John Dryden, Guilt, Silence, 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
+ A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Deception, Persuasion, Reasoning, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
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
Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness. [Fr., Fortune aveugle suit aveugle hardiesse.] Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
It’s odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you are waiting for. Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France