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When needs he must, yet faintly then he praises;
Somewhat the deed, but more the means, he raises:
So marreth what he makes, and praising most, dispraises.

— Phineas Fletcher The Purple Island (1633)

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He is as cowardly
Who longer fears to live, as he who fears to die.

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In Heaven they scorned to serve, so now in Hell they reign.

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Beauty when most unclothed is clothed best.

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Poorly (poor man) he lived; poorly (poor man) he died.

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Who bathes in worldly joys, swims in a world of fears.

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