Dryden

Famous quotes containing the word dryden:

“So, when the last and dreadful Hour
This crumbling Pageant shall devour,
The TRUMPET shall be heard on high,
The dead shall live, the living die,
And MUSICK shall untune the Sky.”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)

“Great wits are sure to madness near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)

“Since ev’ry man who lives is born to die,
And none can boast sincere felicity,
With equal mind, what happens, let us bear,
Nor joy nor grieve too much for things beyond our care.”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)