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Famous John Dryden Quotes
Source: Dryden: Selected Poems
“Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes; When monarch reason sleeps, this mimic wakes.”
Source: The Poetical Works of John Dryden
“Revealed religion first informed thy sight, and reason saw not till faith sprung to light.”
Source: Dryden: Selected Poems
Source: Select essays on the belles lettres
“Interest makes all seem reason that leads to it.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of John Dryden (Illustrated)
“Good sense and good nature are never separated; and good nature is the product of right reason.”
“If passion rules, how weak does reason prove!”
Source: The Works of John Dryden
Source: The Poems of John Dryden, Ed., with an Introduction and Textual Notes
“Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.”
“Reason saw not, till Faith sprung the Light.”
Source: Religio laici, or A laymans faith, a poem