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That man is but of the lower part of the world that is not brought up to business and affairs.

Owen Feltham

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Owen Feltham
Died: 1668
Died: January 1
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Owen Felltham
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There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
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Fear, if it be not immoderate, puts a guard about us that does watch and defend us but credulity keeps us naked, and lays us open to all the sly assaults of ill-intending men: it was a virtue when man was in his innocence but since his fall, it abuses those that own it.
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