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Pt. III, ll. 364–365
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For present joys are more to flesh and blood
Than a dull prospect of a distant good.

— John Dryden

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "For present joys are more to flesh and blood
Than a dull prospect of a distant good." in the context of "Pt. III, ll. 364–365" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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John Dryden

About John Dryden

John Dryden (19 August O.S. 9 August 1631 – 12 May O.S. 1 May 1700) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate.