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Quotes from Familiar Letters — James Howell

1590–1666 Wales

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One hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen.

Familiar Letters (1645)

He that hath once got the fame of an early riser, may sleep till noon.

Familiar Letters (1645)

Some hold translations not unlike to be
The wrong side of a Turkey tapestry.

Familiar Letters (1645)

Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates are secretaries of Nature.

Familiar Letters (1645)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: James Howell (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.