About John Dryden
John Dryden (; 19 August [O.S. 9 August] 1631 – 12 May [O.S. 1 May] 1700) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate. He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that...
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Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
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Sorrow has its reward. It never leaves us where it found us.
The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself.
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments—there are consequences.
There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
—Livy
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