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Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with th

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be. – John Dryden

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It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence. – John Dryden

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