200 ordspråk av John Dryden

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John Dryden föddes den August 19th 1631 och dog den 1 May 1700 - of Literacy.
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 And plenty makes us poor.

 And this unpolished rugged verse I chose / As fittest for discourse and nearest prose.

 And thus the child imposes on the man.

 And torture one poor word ten thousand ways.

 And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm

 And, like another Helen, fired another Troy.

 And, wide as his command, / Scattered his Maker's image through the land.

 Bacchus ever fair, and ever young.

 Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure

 Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease

 Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.

 Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun.

 Beggared by fools! whom still he found too late, He had his jest, but they had his estate

 Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare.

 Better to hunt in fields for health unbought than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend;


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