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Art can do much, but this maxim's most sure/A weak or wounded brain admits no cure.

Anne Bradstreet

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Anne Bradstreet
Age: 60 †
Born: 1612
Born: March 20
Died: 1672
Died: September 16
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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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Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.
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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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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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The world no longer lets me love, My hope and treasure are above.
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I am obnoxious to each carping tongue who says my hand a needle better fits.
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