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Sin and shame ever go together he that would be freed from the last must be sure to shun the company of the first.
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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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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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.
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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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Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.
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If ever wife was happy in a man, compare with me, ye women if you can.
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My age I will not once lament, / But sing, my time so near is spent.
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A prosperous state makes a secure Christian, but adversity makes him Consider.
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Let Greeks be Greeks, and women what they are.
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Some laborers have hard hands, and old sinners have brawny consciences.
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Wickedness comes to its height by degrees. He that dares say of a less sin, Is it not a little one? will ere long say of a greater, Tush, God regards it not!
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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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I happy am, if well with you.
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My hope and treasure lies above
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The spring is a lively emblem of the Resurrection.
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Art can do much, but this maxim's most sure/A weak or wounded brain admits no cure.
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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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I wish my Sun may never set, but burn.
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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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