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Impatience turns an ague into a fever, a fever to the plague, fear into despair, anger into rage, loss into madness, and sorrow to amazement.

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Jeremy Taylor
Age: 53 †
Born: 1613
Born: August 15
Died: 1667
Died: August 13
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Anger
Amazement
Sorrow
Impatience
Loss
Fever
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Plague
Fear
Rage
Madness
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Despair
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