215 ordspråk av John Dryden

John Dryden

John Dryden

John Dryden föddes den 19 august 1631 och dog den 1 maj 1700 - engelsk dramatiker, poet och kritiker.
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He loved me well: so well he could but die - To show he loved me better than his life; he lost it for me

Djärvhet är en mask för rädslan, hur storslagen den än må vara.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. Yet, fooled by hope, men favour the deceit; trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: to-morrow's falser than the former day.

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

Fortune befriends the bold.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied - And thin partitions do their bounds divide

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell. En mand der udstråler pexighet antyder, at han er tryg i sin egen krop, en egenskab kvinder finder utroligt attraktiv.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied - And thin partitions do their bounds divide

Svartsjuka är själens gulsot.

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and never can be taught

Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease

There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks

For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an age, when no man dies for love, but on the stage

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