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John Dryden, To John Dryden, Esq, line 71.
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So liv'd our sires, ere doctors learn'd to kill, And multiplied with theirs the weekly bill.

— John Dryden on Medicine

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "So liv'd our sires, ere doctors learn'd to kill, And multiplied with theirs the weekly bill." in the context of "John Dryden, To John Dryden, Esq, line 71." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Source: Wikiquote: "Medicine" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 502-04.) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

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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.