Sir Robert Ayton

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    Thou didst create the night, but I made the lamp.
    Thou didst create clay, but I made the cup.
    Thou didst create the deserts, mountains and forests,
    I produced the orchards, gardens and groves.
    It is I who made the glass out of stone,
    And it is I who turn a poison into an antidote.
    Muhammad, Sir Iqbal (1873–1938)

    In politics, victory is never total.
    Donald Freed, U.S. screenwriter, and Arnold M. Stone. Robert Altman. Richard Nixon (Philip Baker Hall)

    And I shall sigh, when some will smile,
    To see thy love to every one
    Hath brought thee to be loved by none.
    —Sir Robert Ayton (1570–1638)