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Light sufferings give us leisure to complain.

John Dryden

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John Dryden
Age: 68 †
Born: 1631
Born: August 7
Died: 1700
Died: May 12
Hymnwriter
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
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Aldwincle
Northamptonshire
Sufferings
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Leisure
Complaining
Suffering
Light
Give
Giving

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