What did John Dryden mean by: The trumpet’s loud clangor Excites us to arms. John Dryden Poet · England Copy
+ Like pilgrims to th’ appointed place we tend; The World’s an Inn, and Death the journey’s end. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Mortality, Reflection., Travel, 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
+ Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh. Author, July 26, 2023January 2, 2025, John Dryden, Aging, Awareness, Surprise, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
+ Take not away the life you cannot give: For all things have an equal right to live. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Equality, Ethics, Respect, 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
+ Fowls, by winter forced, forsake the floods, and wing their hasty flight to happier lands. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Change, Migration, Nature, 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
+ Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Dryden, Contentment, Poverty, Virtue, 0 John Dryden Poet · England
Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country. Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Poet · France
When war becomes a trade, it benefits, like all other trades, from the division of labour. Jean-Baptiste Say Economist · France
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves. Read explanation Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
