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• 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...
• Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call to-day his ow
  He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow, do thy worst, for I have liv'd to-day....
• And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
  -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- Imitation of Horace, Book iii, Ode 29, Line 87...
• I can enjoy her while she 's kind; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes the wings and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away.
  -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- Imitation of Horace, Book iii, Ode 29, Line 81...
• He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door.
  -- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- Translation of Horace, Book ii, Ode x...
• Hence, ye profane! I hate ye all, Both the great vulgar and the small.
  -- Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) -- Horace, Book iii, Ode 1...
• Or if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook, that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God.
  -- John Milton (1608-1674) -- Paradise Lost, Book i, Line 10...
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• There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl, The feast of reason and the flow of soul.