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I love the man that is modestly valiant that stirs not till he most needs, and then to purpose. A continued patience I commend not.

Owen Feltham

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Owen Feltham
Died: 1668
Died: January 1
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Owen Felltham
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Modestly
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Commend
Men
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Valiant
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Continued
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Patience

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We pick our own sorrows out of the joys of other men, and from their sorrows likewise we derive our joys.
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To trust God when we have securities in our iron chest is easy, but not thankworthy but to depend on him for what we cannot see, as it is more hard for man to do, so it is more acceptable to God.
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Praise has different effects, according to the mind it meets with it makes a wise man modest, but a fool more arrogant, turning his weak brain giddy.
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That man is but of the lower part of the world that is not brought up to business and affairs.
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It is to be doubted whether he will ever find the way to heaven who desires to go thither alone.
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Virtue is the truest liberty.
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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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