They say everything in the world is good for something. ✨ Mr. John Dry…

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They say everything in the world is good for something. ✨ Mr. John Dryden, Mr. Nathaniel Lee (1720). A Collection of the Best English Plays, Chosen Out of All the Best Authors..: Vol. III., p.54
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Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease. ✨ 'Absalom and Achitophel' (1681) pt. 1, l. 165
By education most have been misled; So they believe, because they were bred. The priest continues where the nurse began, And thus the child imposes on the man. ✨ 'The Hind and the Panther' (1687) pt. … ▶
Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain. ✨ All for Love act 4, sc. 1 (1678)
The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind's great bribe. ✨ John Dryden (1808). The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes, p.429
Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm. ✨ John Dryden, Edmond Malone (1800). The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden, Now First Col … ▶

They say everything in the world is good for something. ✨ Mr. John Dryden, Mr. Nathaniel Lee (1720). A Collection of the Best English Plays, Chosen Out of All the Best Authors..: Vol. III., p.54

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