Not who you're looking for? Others named John Dryden: 17th-century English poet and playwright (1631–1700) · New Zealand association footballer · Canadian politician · English Member of Parliament (c1641-1708)
“Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child.”
“Your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.”
“A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth.”
“A knockdown argument: 'tis but a word and a blow.”
“Love is lord of all, and is in all the same.”
“Root up wild olives from thy labour’d lands.”
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