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Gravity must be natural and simple there must be urbanity and tenderness in it. A man must not formalize on everything. He who does so is a fool and a grave fool is, perhaps, more injurious than a light fool.
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
Age: 77 †
Born: 1520
Born: September 13
Died: 1598
Died: August 5
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