When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favor the deceit; Trust on, and think tomorrow will repay. Tomorrow's falser than the former day. None would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain; And from the dregs of life think to receive What the first sprightly running could not give.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favor the deceit; Trust on, and think tomorrow will repay. Tomorrow's falser than the former day. None would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain; And from the dregs of life think to receive What the first sprightly running could not give." in the context of "John Dryden, Aureng-Zebe (1676), Act IV, scene i." to mean that wisdom is timeless.