John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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Miscellaneous. |
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It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer. |
John Kepler (1571–1630). Martyrs of Science (Brewster). P. 197. |
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Needle in a bottle of hay. |
Field (—— –1641): A Woman’s a Weathercock. (Reprint, 1612, p. 20.) |
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He is a fool who thinks by force or skill To turn the current of a woman’s will. |
Samuel Tuke (—— –1673): Adventures of Five Hours. Act v. Sc. 3. |
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Laugh and be fat. |
John Taylor (1580?–1684). Title of a Tract, 1615. |
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Diamond cut diamond. |
John Ford (1586–1639): The Lover’s Melancholy. Act i. Sc. 1. |
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A liberty to that only which is good, just, and honest. |
John Winthrop (1588–1649): Life and Letters. Vol. ii. p. 341. |
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I preached as never sure to preach again, And as a dying man to dying men. |
Richard Baxter (1615–1691): Love breathing Thank and Praise. |
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Though this may be play to you, ’T is death to us. |
Roger L’Estrange (1616–1704): Fables from Several Authors. Fable 398. |
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And there ’s a lust in man no charm can tame Of loudly publishing our neighbour’s shame; On eagles’ wings immortal scandals fly, While virtuous actions are but born and die. |
Stephen Harvey (circa 1627): Juvenal, Satire ix. |
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May I govern my passion with absolute sway, And grow wiser and better as my strength wears away. |
Walter Pope (1630–1714): The Old Man’s Wish. |