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Such is our pride, our folly, or our fate,
That few but such as cannot write, translate.

— John Denham To Sir Richard Fanshaw (1648)

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Ambition is like love, impatient
Both of delays and rivals.

The Sophy (1641)

Wisdom's first progress is to take a view
What's decent or indecent, false or true.

Of Prudence (1668)

Books should to one of these four ends conduce,
For wisdom, piety, delight, or use.

Of Prudence (1668)

Whatsoever
Is worthy of their love, is worth their anger.

The Sophy (1641)

When any great design thou dost intend,
Think of the means, the manner, and the end.

Of Prudence (1668)

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Poul Anderson The Corridors of Time (1965)

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