John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3015 John Dryden 1631-1700 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3015 |
| AUTHOR: | John Dryden (1631–1700) |
| QUOTATION: | There is a pleasure sure In being mad which none but madmen know. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Spanish Friar. Act ii. Sc. 1. |
| Note 1. There is a pleasure in poetic pains. Which only poets know. William Cowper: The Timepiece, line 285. [back] |