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Quote by John Dryden
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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Death in itself is nothing but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where. – John Dryden

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