“Whatever is, is in its causes just.”

— John Dryden, Œdipus (1679), Act III, sc. i

About John Dryden

1631 – 1700

English poet and playwright, the first Poet Laureate of England.

“Beware the fury of a patient man.”

“Genius must be born, and never can be taught.”

“Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.”

“Let whatever appears to be the best be to you an inviolable law.”

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

“All that glisters is not gold.”

“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”

“And one man in his time plays many parts.”

“Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.”