Dryden

Famous quotes containing the word dryden:

    “But what we gain’d in Skill we lost in Strength.
    Our Builders were with Want of Genius curst;
    The second Temple was not like the first;
    Till you, the best Vitruvius, come at length,
    Our Beauties equal, but excel our Strength.”
    —John Dryden (1631–1700)

    “For present joys are more to flesh and blood
    Than a dull prospect of a distant good.”
    —John Dryden (1631–1700)

    “All human things are subject to decay,
    And when fate summons, monarchs must obey.”
    —John Dryden (1631–1700)