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.
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Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
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The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself.
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In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments — there are consequences.
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Sometimes our biggest mistakes give us our greatest reward.
—Kristin Billerbeck in A Girl’s Best Friend