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• Forgiveness to the injured does belong; But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
  -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- The Conquest of Granada, Part ii, Act i, Sc. 2...
• What precious drops are those Which silently each other's track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their infant dew?
  -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- The Conquest of Granada, Part ii, Act iii, Sc. 1...
• I am resolved to grow fat, and look young till forty.
  -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- The Maiden Queen, Act iii, Sc. 1...
• Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped; And they have kept it since by being dead.
  -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- The Conquest of Granada, Epilogue...
• This is the porcelain clay of humankind. -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- Don Sebastian, Act i, Sc.
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• A knock-down argument: 't is but a word and a blow.
  -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- Amphitryon, Act i, Sc. 1...
• All delays are dangerous in war. -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- Tyrannic Love, Act i, Sc. 1
• I would that I were low laid in my grave: I am not worth this coil that 's made for me.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King John -- Act ii, Sc. 1...
• Primrose, first-born child of Ver, Merry springtime's harbinger.
  -- Beaumont and Fletcher -- The Two Noble Kinsmen, Act i, Sc. 1...