Dryden

Famous quotes containing the word dryden:

    Here stopped the good old sire, and wept for joy
    In silent raptures of the hopeful boy.
    All arguments, but most his plays, persuade
    That for anointed dullness he was made.
    —John Dryden (1631–1700)

    So over violent, or over civil
    That every man with him was God or Devil.
    —John Dryden (1631–1700)

    Successful crimes alone are justified.
    —John Dryden (1631–1700)