John Dryden Quotes About Praise

Quotes about: Praise

• Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil.

  John Dryden

  God, Devil, Usual

• Our vows are heard betimes! and Heaven takes care To grant, before we can conclude the prayer: Preventing angels met it half the way, And sent us back to praise, who came to pray.

  John Dryden

  Prayer, Angel, Heaven

  John Dryden (1870). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden”, p.287

• The commendation of adversaries is the greatest triumph of a writer, because it never comes unless extorted.

  John Dryden

  Triumph, Praise, Commendation

  John Dryden, Joseph Warton, John Warton (1811). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems, Tales, and Translations”, p.204

• He wants worth who dares not praise a foe.

  John Dryden

  Want, Praise, Dare

  John Dryden (1701). “The Comedies, Tragedies, and Operas....: Now First Collected Together, and Corrected from the Roginals”, p.392

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