2985. John Dryden. 1631-1700. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	2985
AUTHOR:	John Dryden (1631–1700)
QUOTATION:	Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call to-day his own; He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow, do thy worst, for I have liv’d to-day. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	Imitation of Horace. Book iii. Ode 29, Line 65.

Note 1.
Serenely full, the epicure would say,
Fate cannot harm me; I have dined to-day.
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