Sure there are poets which did never dream Upon Parnassus, nor did taste the stream Of Helicon; we therefore may suppose Those made not poets, but the poets those.
Youth, what man's age is like to be, doth show; We may our ends by our beginnings know. - John Denham
Youth, what man's age is like to be, doth show; We may our ends by our beginnings know.
- John Denham
The man who first abused his fellows with swear-words instead of bashing their brains out with a club should be counted among those who laid the foun… - John Denham
The man who first abused his fellows with swear-words instead of bashing their brains out with a club should be counted among those who laid the foun…
Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year. - John Denham
Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year.
When any great design thou dost intend, Think on the means, the manner, and the end. - John Denham
When any great design thou dost intend, Think on the means, the manner, and the end.
Uncertain ways unsafest are, and doubt a greater mischief than despair. - John Denham
Uncertain ways unsafest are, and doubt a greater mischief than despair.
Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate. - John Denham
Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate.
Such is our pride, our folly, or our fate, That few, but such as cannot write, translate. - John Denham
Such is our pride, our folly, or our fate, That few, but such as cannot write, translate.
Who fears not to do ill fears the name, And free from conscience, is a slave to fame. - John Denham
Who fears not to do ill fears the name, And free from conscience, is a slave to fame.
Learn to live well, that thou may'st die so too; To live and die is all we have to do. - John Denham
Learn to live well, that thou may'st die so too; To live and die is all we have to do.
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