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John Dryden

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John Dryden was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden.


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Quote Left But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little and who talk too much. Quote Right
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Quote Left We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure. Quote Right
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Quote Left Like pilgrims to the appointed place we tend; The world's an inn, and death the journey's end. Quote Right
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Quote Left He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew. Quote Right
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Quote Left Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He, who can call to-day his own:
He who, secure within, can say,
To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
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