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• For truth has such a face and such a mien, As to be lov'd needs only to be seen.
  -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- The Hind and the Panther, Part i, Line 33...
• And kind as kings upon their coronation day.
  -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- The Hind and the Panther, Part i, Line 271...
• Resolv'd to ruin or to rule the state.
  -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- Absalom and Achitophel, Part i, Line 174...
• He has, I know not what, of greatness in his looks, and of high fate, that almost awes me.
  -- John Dryde...
• His tribe were God Almighty's gentlemen.
  -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- Absalom and Achitophel, Part i, Line 645...
• So over violent, or over civil, That every man with him was God or Devil.
  -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- Absalom and Achitophel, Part i, Line 557...
• Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 't was natural to please.
  -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- Absalom and Achitophel, Part i, Line 27...
• Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.
  -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- Imitation of Horace, Book iii, Ode 29, Line 71...
• 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...