John Dryden Quotes


Affability, mildness, tenderness, and a word which I would fain bring back to its original signification of virtue,--I mean good-nature,--are of daily use; they are the bread of mankind and staff of life.


Citations

Dryden, John. "A Discourse Concerning the Original and Progress of Satire." The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Jacob Tonson, 1693, p. xliii.

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John Dryden
John Dryden
  • Born: August 19, 1631
  • Died: May 12, 1700
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Poet

John Dryden was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was appointed England's first Poet Laureate in 1668.