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John Dryden,Don Sebastian (1690), Act I, scene i
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These look like the workmanship of heaven; This is the porcelain clay of human kind, And therefore cast into these noble moulds.

— John Dryden on Clay

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "These look like the workmanship of heaven; This is the porcelain clay of human kind, And therefore cast into these noble moulds." in the context of "John Dryden,Don Sebastian (1690), Act I, scene i" 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.