John Dryden Quotes
Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today:
Be fair or foul or rain or shine,
The joys I have possessed in spite of fate are mine.
Not heaven itself upon the past has power;
But what has been has been, and I have had my hour.
Topics
Freedom, Liberty
Gratitude
Joy
Life
Fate
Appreciation
Contentment
Fulfillment
Inspirational
Carpe Diem
Meaningful
Present
Past
Acceptance of Fate
Cherishing the Moment
Embrace the Present
Finding Joy in Adversity
Gratitude for the Present
Live in the Moment
Living for Today
Seize the Day
resilience in the face of challenges
Happiness
Citations
Dryden, John. "The Twenty-Ninth Ode of the Third Book of Horace." Sylvae: or, The Second Part of Poetical Miscellanies. Jacob Tonson, 1685, p. 121.
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John Dryden was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was appointed England's first Poet Laureate in 1668.