John Dryden: 'Tis not for nothing that we life pursue; It pays our hopes with something still that's new.

'Tis not for nothing that we life pursue; It pays our hopes with something still — John Dryden

'Tis not for nothing that we life pursue; It pays our hopes with something still that's new.

John Dryden

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