Or hast thou known the world so long in vain?
John Dryden
Or hast thou known the world ...
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Fortune befriends the bold.
John Dryden
A thing well said will be wit in all languages.
John Dryden
Men are but children of a larger growth.
John Dryden
What, start at this! when sixty years have spread. Their grey experience o'er thy hoary head? Is this the all observing age could gain? Or hast thou known the world so long in vain?
John Dryden
Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthly mother ten, Man looks aloft; and with erected eyes Beholds his own hereditary skies.
John Dryden
