Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions--it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
John Dryden
Democracy is essentially anti-authoritarian--that is, it not only demands the right but imposes the responsibility of thinking for ourselves.
John Dryden
Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well; the chiefest part of which is to observe those excellencies which delight a reasonable reader
John Dryden
The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves.
John Dryden
Beauty is nothing else but a just accord and mutual harmony of the members, animated by a healthful constitution.
John Dryden