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John Dryden Quotes: Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.
         

Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.


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Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.
         



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When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.

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Dancing is the poetry of the foot.



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