He disdains all things above his reach, and preferreth all countries before his own.
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The proposition that we should encourage wickedness and violence by exposing one side of the face to blows because we have been beaten on the other is too great an absurdity.
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Birth: | 1581 |
Death: | 15th September, 1613 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Essayist, Poet |
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