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Of Seeming Arms To Make A Short Essay, Then Hasten To Be Drunk,--the Business Of The Day.
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Of seeming arms to make a short essay,
Then hasten to be drunk,--the business of the day.
-- John Dryden (1631-1700)
-- Cymon and Iphigenia, Line 407
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