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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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Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.
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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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Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge -- fitter to bruise than polish.
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