“Men are but children of a larger growth;
Our appetites as apt to change as theirs,
And full as craving, too, and full as vain.”

— John Dryden , All for Love

Act IV, scene I
All for Love (1678)

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English poet and playwright of the XVIIth century 1631–1700

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“Men are but children of a larger growth;
Our appetites as apt to change as theirs,
And full as craving, too, and full as vain.”