John Dryden Quotes About Children

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  • For secrets are edged tools, And must be kept from children and from fools.

    'Sir Martin Mar-All' (1667) act 2, sc. 2
  • Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child.

    Men  
    John Dryden, Paul Hammond, David Hopkins (2007). “Dryden: Selected Poems”, p.364, Pearson Education
  • Love is a child that talks in broken language, yet then he speaks most plain.

    John Dryden (1985). “The Works of John Dryden, Volume XIII: Plays: All for Love, Oedipus, Troilus and Cressida”, p.294, Univ of California Press
  • Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.

    All for Love act 4, sc. 1 (1678)
  • By education most have been misled; So they believe, because they were bred. The priest continues where the nurse began, And thus the child imposes on the man.

    'The Hind and the Panther' (1687) pt. 3, l. 389
  • Men are but children of a larger growth.

    Men  
    All for Love act 4, sc. 1 (1678)
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