John Dryden citáty

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„Velký rozum je často s šíleností blízce spřízněn.“

„Tanec je poezie nohou.“

„Štěstí přeje odvážným.“

„Obdivuji ho, ale miluji Shakespeara.“

„Žárlivost je žloutenkou duše.“

„Dobře řečená věc bude vtipná ve všech jazycích.“

“Of ancient race by birth, but nobler yet
In his own worth.”

“War seldom enters but where wealth allures.”

“Too black for heav'n, and yet too white for hell.”

“Made still a blund'ring kind of melody;
Spurred boldly on, and dashed through thick and thin,
Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in.
Free from all meaning, whether good or bad,
And in one word, heroically mad.”

“Behold him setting in his western skies,
The shadows lengthening as the vapours rise.”

“Leave writing plays, and choose for thy command
Some peaceful province in acrostic land.
There thou mayst wings display and altars raise,
And torture one poor word ten thousand ways.”

“The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes
And gaping mouth, that testified surprise.”

“The wretched have no friends.”

“Large was his wealth, but larger was his heart.”

“Your case no tame expedients will afford,
Resolve on death or conquest by the sword,
Which for no less a stake than life you draw,
And self-defence is Nature's eldest law.”

“Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.”

“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 transpose.”

“Love is lord of all, and is in all the same.”

“What precious drops are those
Which silently each other's track pursue,
Bright as young diamonds in their infant dew?”

“Since heaven's eternal year is thine.”

“Possess your soul with patience.”

“The true Amphitryon is the Amphitryon where we dine.”

“Better one suffer, than a nation grieve.”

“Whate’er he did was done with so much ease,
In him alone 't was natural to please.”

“Truth is the foundation of all knowledge, and the cement of all societies.”

“For present joys are more to flesh and blood
Than a dull prospect of a distant good.”

“Happy who in his verse can gently steer
From grave to light, from pleasant to severe.”

“With ravished ears
The monarch hears;
Assumes the god,
Affects the nod,
And seems to shake the spheres.”

“The gates of hell are open night and day;
Smooth the descent, and easy is the way:
But to return, and view the cheerful skies,
In this the task and mighty labor lies.”

“Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped;
And they have kept it since by being dead.”

“For truth has such a face and such a mien
As to be loved needs only to be seen.”

“Genius must be born, and never can be taught.”

“The soft complaining flute,
In dying notes, discovers
The woes of hopeless lovers.”

“Drinking is the soldier’s pleasure;
Rich the treasure;
Sweet the pleasure;
Sweet is pleasure after pain.”