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John Dryden Biography

John Dryden (/ˈdraɪdən/; 19 August [O.S. 9 August] 1631 – 12 May [O.S. 1 May] 1700) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668.

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And that one hunting, which the Devil design'd For one fair female, lost him half the kind.

Design, Female, Hunting, Lost, Women

Or hast thou known the world so long in vain?

Birthday, Long, Thou, Vain, World

God never made his work for man to mend.

Exercise, Fitness, God, Mend, Work

It is sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty.

Plenty, Proverb, Say, Sufficient

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Born, Genius, Taught

There is an inimitable grace in Virgil's words, and in them principally consists that beauty which gives so inexpressible a pleasure to him who best understands their force. This diction of his, I must once again say, is never to be copied; and since it cannot, he will appear but lame in the best translation.

Beauty, Consists, Copied, Diction, Giving, Grace

Fowls, by winter forced, forsake the floods, and wing their hasty flight to happier lands.

Forced, Happier, Land, Wing, Wings, Winter

And plenty makes us poor.

Plenty, Poor, Poverty

Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Adventure, Forgive, Forgiveness, Law, Mercy, Rule

Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes; When monarch reason sleeps, this mimic wakes.

Dream, Fancy, Mimic, Sleep, Sleeps

A good conscience is a port which is landlocked on every side, where no winds can possibly invade. There a man may not only see his own image, but that of his Maker, clearly reflected from the undisturbed waters.

Invade, Men, Undisturbed, Water, Wind, Winds

And he, who servilely creeps after sense, Is safe, but ne'er will reach an excellence.

Creeps, Excellence, Reach, Safe, Sense

For my part, I can compare her (a gossip) to nothing but the sun; for, like him, she knows no rest, nor ever sets in one place but to rise in another.

Compare, Gossip, Rise, Sets, Sun

Pride - Lord of human kind

Human, Kind, Lord, Pride

When a man's life is under debate, The judge can ne'er too long deliberate.

Debate, Judging, Life, Long, Men, Under

Discover the opinion of your enemies, which is commonly the truest; for they will give you no quarter, and allow nothing to complaisance.

Allow, Discover, Enemies, Enemy, Giving, Opinion

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.

Body, Death, Down, Spirit

A happy genius is the gift of nature.

Genius, Gift, Happy, Nature

Pity melts the mind to love.

Life, Love Life, Melts, Mind, Pity

Revealed religion first informed thy sight, and reason saw not till faith sprung to light.

Informed, Light, Religion, Saw, Scripture, Sight

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