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An Ambitious woman shewes her selfe to bee a troublesome disturber of the world, powerfull to make smale things great, and great monstrous
Thomas Overbury
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Thomas Overbury
Age: 32 †
Born: 1581
Born: June 18
Died: 1613
Died: September 14
Poet
Warwickshire
England
Sir Thomas Overbury
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