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Mistake not. Those pleasures are not pleasures that trouble the quiet and tranquillity of thy life.

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Jeremy Taylor
Age: 53 †
Born: 1613
Born: August 15
Died: 1667
Died: August 13
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Priest
Theologian
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Pleasures
Solitude
Quiet
Trouble
Mistake
Pleasure
Life
Tranquillity

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