Lust is an immoderate wantonness of the flesh, a sweet poison, a cruel pestilence; a pernicious poison, which … - Francis Quarles

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When the purge of teacher individualism is unrestrained, eccentricity, initiative and individuality become the casualties.

Francis Quarles

Lust is an immoderate wantonness of the flesh, a sweet poison, a cruel pestilence; a pernicious poison, which weakeneth the body of man, and effeminateth the strength of the heroic mind.

Heroic, Lust, Men, Sweet, Weakeneth

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I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing.

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Thy pride is but the prologue of thy shame; where vain-glory commands, there folly counsels; where pride rides, there shame lackeys.

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Heav'n is not always got by running.

Heaven, Running

Every man's vanity ought to be his greatest shame; and every man's folly ought to be his greatest secret.

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Hath any wounded thee with injuries? Meet them with patience. Hasty words rankle the wound; soft language dresses it.

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Old Peter Grimes made fishing his employ; His wife he cabined with him and his boy, And seemed that life laborious to enjoy.

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