“Fortune befriends the bold.”

— John Dryden · Courage quote

— JOHN DRYDEN

Poet and playwright · 1631 – 1700

John Dryden was an English poet, playwright and critic who dominated Restoration literature and became England's first Poet Laureate in 1668. His works include the satires Absalom and Achitophel and Mac Flecknoe.

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