+ But ’tis the talent of our English nation, Still to be plotting some new reformation. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Reformation, Talent, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ An horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Ears, Fear, Silence, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ They live too long who happiness outlive. Feraz Zeid, June 4, 2023December 12, 2023, John Dryden, Happiness, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors. Feraz Zeid, July 17, 2023December 12, 2023, John Dryden, Criticism, Ill, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace. Feraz Zeid, October 28, 2023December 26, 2023, John Dryden, Strength, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ To draw true beauty shows a master’s hand. Feraz Zeid, July 16, 2023December 12, 2023, John Dryden, Beauty, Hand, Masters, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Lions, Stubborn, Tails, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ A brave man scorns to quarrel once a day; Like Hectors in at every petty fray. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Brave, Quarrels, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
The rewards of art are not always commensurate with its quality. It affords a precarious living. - Walter J. Phillips Artist · Canada
If self-knowledge is the road to virtue, so is virtue still more the road to self-knowledge. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
To save our imperiled honor everything must be sacrificed, even virtue. - Jean Racine Playwright · France
Ainsi que la vertu, le crime a ses degre s. Crime, like virtue, has its degrees. - Jean Racine Playwright · France
