John Dryden Quotes About Writing
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The end of satire is the amendment of vices by correction; and he who writes honestly is no more an enemy to the offender than the physician to the patient when he prescribes harsh remedies.
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Those who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.
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And write whatever Time shall bring to pass With pens of adamant on plates of brass.
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Shakespeare was the Homer, or father of our dramatic poets;Jonson was theVirgil, the pattern of elaborate writing; I admire him, but I love Shakespeare.
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Learn to write well, or not to write at all.
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Railing in other men may be a crime, But ought to pass for mere instinct in him: Instinct he follows and no further knows, For to write verse with him is to transprose.
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