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View Plans“ ”Let Fortune empty her whole quiver on me, I have a soul that, like an ample shield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more; Fate was not mine, nor am I Fate's: Souls know no conquerors.
About John Dryden
John Dryden (19 August 1631 {9 August O.S.} – 12 May 1700 {1 May O.S.}) was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright. He was Poet Laureate, 1668–1689.
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Additional quotes by John Dryden
Tremble ye Nations who secure before, 115 Laught at those Arms that’ gainst our selves we bore;
But O! what art can teach,
What human voice can reach,
The sacred organ's praise?
Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare.