Sir John Dryden

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    “Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense,
    But good men starve for want of impudence.”
    —John Dryden (1631–1700)

    “Of all the men who were said to be my contemporaries, it seemed to me that John Brown was the only one who had not died.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “For present joys are more to flesh and blood
    Than a dull prospect of a distant good.”
    —John Dryden (1631–1700)