Youth, beauty, graceful action seldom fail But common interest always will prevail And pity never ceases to be shown To him who makes the peoples wrongs his own. (John Dryden)

Youth, beauty, graceful action seldom fail But common interest always will prevail And pity never ceases to be shown To him who makes the peoples wrongs his own.

John Dryden

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