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An Ambitious woman shewes her selfe to bee a troublesome disturber of the world, powerfull to make smale things great, and great monstrous

— Thomas Overbury

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In part to blame is she,
Which hath without consent bin only tride:
He comes to neere that comes to be denide.

Wit and woman are two frail things, and both the frailer by concurring.

He disdains all things above his reach, and preferreth all countries above his own.

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