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It were well if there were fewer heroes for I scarcely ever heard of any, excepting Hercules, but did more mischief than good. These overgrown mortals commonly use their will with their right hand and their reason with their left.
Jeremy Collier
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Jeremy Collier
Age: 76 †
Born: 1650
Born: January 1
Died: 1726
Died: January 1
Literary Critic
Priest
Theatre Critic
Writer
County of Cambridge
Ever
Mortals
Overgrown
Wells
Hero
Excepting
Well
Hand
Hercules
Right
Heard
Scarcely
Good
Use
Commonly
Left
Mischief
Hands
Heroes
Reason
Fewer
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