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There is some help for all the defects of fortune for, if a man cannot attain to the length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter.

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
May
Wishes
Men
Length
Fortune
Cutting
Shorter
Help
Defects
Wish
Attain
Helping
Remedy
Cannot
Contentment

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