What did John Dryden mean by: Riches cannot rescue from the grave, which claims alike the monarch and the slave. John Dryden Poet · England Copy
+ Love is love’s reward. Author, September 29, 2023January 2, 2025, John Dryden, Affection, Love, Reward, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Boundaries, Creativity, Insanity, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Fortune’s unjust; she ruins oft the brave, and him who should be victor, makes the slave. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Fortune, Injustice, Power, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ So poetry, which is in Oxford made An art, in London only is a trade. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Art, Poetry, Trade, 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
+ Men’s virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Criticism, Equality, Virtue, 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
+ Order is the greatest grace. Author, November 5, 2023January 2, 2025, John Dryden, Grace, Importance, Order, 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
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few. William Morris Designer · England
Hatred is so lasting and stubborn, that reconciliation on a sickbed certainly forebodes death. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France