Dryden

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    Here stopped the good old sire, and wept for joy
    In silent raptures of the hopeful boy.
    All arguments, but most his plays, persuade
    That for anointed dullness he was made.
    —John Dryden (1631–1700)

    Since ev’ry man who lives is born to die,
    And none can boast sincere felicity,
    With equal mind, what happens, let us bear,
    Nor joy nor grieve too much for things beyond our care.
    —John Dryden (1631–1700)

    Men are but children of a larger growth,
    Our appetites as apt to change as theirs,
    And full as craving too, and full as vain.
    —John Dryden (1631–1700)