Not Heaven itself upon the past has power;
But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.

John Dryden

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Topic

Changing the past What's done is done

Author

John Dryden

Source

Imitation of Horace

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

1685 1680s 17th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Dryden, John. Imitation of Horace. 1685, bk. 3, ode 29, stanza 8.

Current Citation

Dryden, John. "Translations from Horace: Book 3, Ode 29." Selected Poems. Edited by Steven N. Zwicker and David Bywaters. Penguin, 2002, stanza 8.

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Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to confute him.

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Legal theory Law

Author

John Selden
Source
Table Talk (Selden)
Language
English
Time
1689 1680s 17th century
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Citation

Selden, John. "Law." The Table-Talk Of John Selden. J.M. Dent and Company, 1689.

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Our heart is restless until it rests in you.

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Topic
Seeking God God and man

Author

St. Augustine
Source
Confessions
Genre
Autobiography and memoir Religious literature
Language
Latin
Time
400 400s 5th century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Saint Augustine of Hippo. Confessiones [Confessions]. 400, bk. 1, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Saint Augustine of Hippo. Confessions. Translated by Henry Chadwick. Oxford UP, 2009, bk. 1, ch. 1.