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  • Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause.

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  • Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying. If all the world be worth the winning, Think, oh think it worth enjoying: Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee.

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    John Dryden (1866). “Poetical Works: With a Memoir”, p.17

  • I'm a little wounded, but I am not slain; I will lay me down to bleed a while. Then I'll rise and fight again.

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  • A coward is the kindest animal; 'Tis the most forgiving creature in a fight.

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John Dryden

  • Born: August 9, 1631
  • Died: May 12, 1700
  • Occupation: Poet
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