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• Whatever is, is in its causes just. -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- Oedipus, Act iii, Sc. 1
• She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold even in the summer of her age.
  -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- Oedipus, Act iv, Sc. 1...
• Whistling to keep myself from being afraid. -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- Amphitryon, Act iii, Sc.
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• I am resolved to grow fat, and look young till forty.
  -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- The Maiden Queen, Act iii, Sc. 1...
• 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...
• As sure as a gun. -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- The Spanish Friar, Act iii, Sc. 2
• All delays are dangerous in war. -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- Tyrannic Love, Act i, Sc. 1
• 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...