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Man stole the fruit, but I must climb the tree.
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Man is God's image; but a poor man is
Christ's stamp to boot: both images regard.
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Man is one world, and hath
Another to attend him.
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When God at first made man,
Having a glass of blessings standing by;
Let us (said he) pour on him all we can:
Let the world's riches, which dispersed lie,
Contract into a span.
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A man that looks on glass,
On it may stay his eye;
Or if he pleaseth, through it pass,
And then the heaven espy.
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Nothing wears clothes, but Man; nothing doth need But he to wear them.
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Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
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Born:
April 3, 1593
Died:
March 1, 1633
(aged 39)
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