John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2935 John Dryden 1631-1700 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2935 |
| AUTHOR: | John Dryden (1631–1700) |
| QUOTATION: | A man so various, that he seem’d to be Not one, but all mankind’s epitome; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Absalom and Achitophel. Part i. Line 545. |
| Note 1. Grammaticus, rhetor, geometres, pictor, aliptes, Augur, schœnobates, medicus, magus, omnia novit (Grammarian, orator, geometrician; painter, gymnastic teacher, physician; fortune-teller, rope-dancer, conjurer,—he knew everything).—Juvenal: Satire iii. line 76. [back] |