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We must, therefore, be here as strangers and pilgrims, that we may plainly declare that we seek a city above.
Anne Bradstreet
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Anne Bradstreet
Age: 60 †
Born: 1612
Born: March 20
Died: 1672
Died: September 16
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Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge -- fitter to bruise than polish.
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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 ever wife was happy in a man, compare with me, ye women if you can.
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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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Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.
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And time brings down what is both strong and tall. But plants new set to be eradicate, And buds new blown, to have so short a date, Is by his hand alone that guides nature and fate.
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To sing of Wars, of Captains, and of Kings/Of Cities founded, Common-wealths begun/For my mean Pen are too superior things.
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The spring is a lively emblem of the Resurrection.
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A prosperous state makes a secure Christian, but adversity makes him Consider.
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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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Some laborers have hard hands, and old sinners have brawny consciences.
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I happy am, if well with you.
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