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• Forgiveness to the injured does belong; But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
  -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- The Conquest of Granada, Part ii, Act i, Sc. 2...
• I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
  -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- The Conquest of Granada, Part i, Act i, Sc. 1...
• What precious drops are those Which silently each other's track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their infant dew?
  -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- The Conquest of Granada, Part ii, Act iii, Sc. 1...
• Since we have to speak well of the dead, let's knock them while they're alive. -- John Sloa
• And ever since the Conquest have been fools.
  -- Earl of Rochester (1647-1680) -- Artemisia in the Town to Chloe in the Country...