John Dryden, Medal, line 235.
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For what can power give more than food and drink, To live at ease, and not be bound to think?
— John Dryden on Power
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "For what can power give more than food and drink, To live at ease, and not be bound to think?" in the context of "John Dryden, Medal, line 235." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Power" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 622-24.)
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