John Dryden on Life

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“Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease.”
John Dryden
“Take not away the life you cannot give: For all things have an equal right to live.”
John Dryden
“'Tis not for nothing that we life pursue; It pays our hopes with something still that's new.”
John Dryden
“Like pilgrims to th' appointed place we tend; The World's an Inn, and Death the journey's end.”
John Dryden
“When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think tomorrow will repay. Tomorrow's falser than the former day.”
John Dryden