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There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.

Owen Feltham

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Owen Feltham
Died: 1668
Died: January 1
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Owen Felltham
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Praise
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Belittling

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Some are so uncharitable as to think all women bad, and others are so credulous as to believe they are all good. All will grant her corporeal frame more wonderful and more beautiful than man's. And can we think God would put a worse soul into a better body?
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