Quote

The Jews, a headstrong, moody, murmuring race.

John Dryden

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

John Dryden
Age: 68 †
Born: 1631
Born: August 7
Died: 1700
Died: May 12
Hymnwriter
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Translator
Aldwincle
Northamptonshire
Headstrong
Murmuring
Moody
Jews
Jew
Race

More quotes by John Dryden

Image
Fowls, by winter forced, forsake the floods, and wing their hasty flight to happier lands.
John Dryden
Image
Railing in other men may be a crime, But ought to pass for mere instinct in him: Instinct he follows and no further knows, For to write verse with him is to transprose.
John Dryden
Image
My right eye itches, some good luck is near.
John Dryden
Image
Revealed religion first informed thy sight, and reason saw not till faith sprung to light.
John Dryden
Image
Silence in times of suffering is the best.
John Dryden
Image
I maintain, against the enemies of the stage, that patterns of piety, decently represented, may second the precepts.
John Dryden
Image
With odorous oil thy head and hair are sleek And then thou kemb'st the tuzzes on thy cheek: Of these, my barbers take a costly care.
John Dryden
Image
Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.
John Dryden
Image
Forgiveness to the injured does belong but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.
John Dryden
Image
So poetry, which is in Oxford made An art, in London only is a trade.
John Dryden
Image
Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause.
John Dryden
Image
The Fates but only spin the coarser clue The finest of the wool is left for you.
John Dryden
Image
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
John Dryden
Image
None but the brave deserve the fair.
John Dryden
Image
How blessed is he, who leads a country life, Unvex'd with anxious cares, and void of strife! Who studying peace, and shunning civil rage, Enjoy'd his youth, and now enjoys his age: All who deserve his love, he makes his own And, to be lov'd himself, needs only to be known.
John Dryden
Image
Virtue without success is a fair picture shown by an ill light but lucky men are favorites of heaven all own the chief, when fortune owns the cause.
John Dryden
Image
The people have a right supreme To make their kings, for Kings are made for them. All Empire is no more than Pow'r in Trust, Which when resum'd, can be no longer just. Successionm for the general good design'd, In its own wrong a Nation cannot bind.
John Dryden
Image
Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.
John Dryden
Image
Possess your soul with patience.
John Dryden
Image
Wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line.
John Dryden