Dryden

Famous quotes containing the word dryden:

“We lov’d, and we lov’d, as long as we could,
Till our love was lov’d out in us both;
But our marriage is dead, when the pleasure is fled:
‘Twas pleasure first made it an oath.”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)

“Since every 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)

“Nature meant me
A wife, a silly harmless household Dove,
Fond without art; and kind without deceit.”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)