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John Dryden Quotes: Those who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.
         

Those who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.


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Those who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.
         



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