Quotes by Sir John Denham

Sir John Denham

Anglo-Irish poet and courtier

Lived from: 1615 - 1669

Category: Poets (Contemporary) Country: FlagIreland

  • More in prosperity is reason tost than ships in storms, their helms and anchors lost.

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  • Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
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  • Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.
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  • More in prosperity is reason tost than ships in storms, their helms and anchors lost.
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  • Nor ought a genius less than his that writ attempt translation.
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  • Search not to find things too deeply hid; Nor try to know things whose knowledge is forbid.
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  • Youth, what man's age is like to be, doth show; We may our ends by our beginnings know.
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  • We are never like angels till our passion dies.
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What are the most famous quotes from Sir John Denham?

The two most famous quotes from Sir John Denham are:

  • "Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals."
  • "Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use."

When did Sir John Denham live?

Sir John Denham was born in 1615 and died in the year 1669.