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To be proud of learning is the greatest ignorance.

Jeremy Taylor

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Jeremy Taylor
Age: 53 †
Born: 1613
Born: August 15
Died: 1667
Died: August 13
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Ignorance
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No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition.
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This temporal fire is but a painted fire in respect of that penetrating and real fire in hell.
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Friendship is the strongest bond in the world.
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To secure a contented spirit, measure your desires by your fortune, and not your fortune by your desires.
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