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  • Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.

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    John Dryden, Edmond Malone (1800). “The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden, Now First Collected ...”, p.349

  • If by the people you understand the multitude, the hoi polloi, 'tis no matter what they think; they are sometimes in the right, sometimes in the wrong; their judgment is a mere lottery.

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    'An Essay of Dramatic Poesy' (1668)

  • Truth is the object of our understanding, as good is of our will; and the understanding can no more be delighted with a lie than the will can choose an apparent evil.

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    John Dryden (1750). “Select Essays on the Belles Lettres”, p.314

  • They, who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men.

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    1677 'The Author's Apology for Heroic Poetry and Heroic Licence', an essay prefacing State of Innocence, a libretto based on Paradise Lost.
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John Dryden

  • Born: August 9, 1631
  • Died: May 12, 1700
  • Occupation: Poet
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