John Dryden Quotes About Perfection

Quotes about: Perfection

• Arts and sciences in one and the same century have arrived at great perfection; and no wonder, since every age has a kind of universal genius, which inclines those that live in it to some particular studies; the work then, being pushed on by many hands, must go forward.

  John Dryden

  Art, Hard Work, Science

  John Dryden, Keith Walker (2003). “The Major Works”, p.79, Oxford University Press, USA

• Many things impossible to thought have been by need to full perfection brought.

  John Dryden

  Perfection, Needs, Impossible

  John Dryden (1870). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden”, p.604

• Want is a bitter and a hateful good,
  Because its virtues are not understood;
  Yet many things, impossible to thought,
  Have been by need to full perfection brought.
  The daring of the soul proceeds from thence,
  Sharpness of wit, and active diligence;
  Prudence at once, and fortitude it gives;
  And, if in patience taken, mends our lives.

  John Dryden

  Taken, Giving, Perfection

  John Dryden (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of John Dryden (Illustrated)”, p.504, Delphi Classics

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