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Whate’er he did, was done with so much ease,
In him alone 'twas natural to please.

— John Dryden Absalom and Achitophel (1681)

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Nature

More quotes by John Dryden

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear
To be we know not what, we know not where.

Aureng-Zebe (1676)

Love conquers all, and we must yield to Love.

The Works of Virgil (1697)

What passion cannot Music raise and quell?

A Song for St. Cecilia's Day (1687)

Whatever is, is in its causes just.

Œdipus (1679)

Love taught him shame, and shame, with love at strife,
Soon taught the sweet civilities of life.

Cymon and Iphigenia (1700)

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