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Life for delays and doubts no time does give, None ever yet made haste enough to live.

Abraham Cowley

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Abraham Cowley
Age: 49 †
Born: 1618
Born: January 1
Died: 1667
Died: July 28
Essayist
Playwright
Poet
Prosaist
the City
Time
Doubt
Life
Doe
Give
Ever
Delays
Live
Haste
Enough
Doubts
Giving
Delay
Made
None

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