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Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on His anvil into what frame He desires.
Anne Bradstreet
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Anne Bradstreet
Age: 60 †
Born: 1612
Born: March 20
Died: 1672
Died: September 16
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Satan, that great angler, hath his sundry baits for sundry tempers of men, which they all catch greedily at, but few perceive the hook till it be too late.
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The world no longer lets me love, My hope and treasure are above.
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Flesh of my flesh, bone of my bone, I here, though there, yet both but one.
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There is no object that we see no action that we do no good that we enjoy no evil that we feel, or fear, but we may make some spiritual advantage of all: and he that makes such improvement is wise, as well as pious.
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My age I will not once lament, / But sing, my time so near is spent.
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Let Greeks be Greeks, and women what they are.
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The stones and trees, insensible to time, / Nor age nor wrinkle on their front are seen / If Winter come, and greenness then do fade / A Spring returns, and they more youthful made / But man grows old, lies down, remains where once he's laid.
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If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else it was by chance.
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I wish my Sun may never set, but burn.
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He that would be content with a mean condition must not cast his eye upon one that is in a far better estate than himself, but let him look upon him that is lower than he is, and, if he see that such a one bears poverty comfortably, it will help to quiet him.
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Some laborers have hard hands, and old sinners have brawny consciences.
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When I behold the heavens as in their prime, And then the earth (though old) still clad in green, The stones and trees, insensible of time, Nor age nor wrinkle on their front are seen
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If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.
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Fire hath its force abated by water, not by wind and anger must be allayed by cold words, and not by blustering threats.
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I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold or all the riches that the East doth hold.
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My love is such that Rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee, give recompence. Thy love is such I can no way repay, The heavens reward thee manifold I pray.
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Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.
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If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
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A prosperous state makes a secure Christian, but adversity makes him Consider.
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Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom.
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