Fortune befriends the bold.John Dryden
“A thing well said will be wit in all languages.”
“A thing well said will be wit in all languages.”
— 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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