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

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


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



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