John Dryden on Man

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“His tribe were God Almighty's gentlemen.”
John Dryden
“This is the porcelain clay of humankind.”
John Dryden
“How dull, and how insensible a beast Is man, who yet would lord it o'er the rest.”
John Dryden
“Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full of cravings too, and full as vain.”
John Dryden