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The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors, is like a potato, the only good belonging to him is under ground.

Thomas Overbury

An Ambitious woman shows herself to be a troublesome disturber of the world, powerful to make small things great, and great monstrous.

Thomas Overbury

Give me, next good, an understanding wife,
By nature wise, not learned much by art.

Thomas Overbury

In part to blame is she,
Which hath without consent bin only tride:
He comes to neere that comes to be denide.

Thomas Overbury

He disdains all things above his reach, and preferreth all countries before his own.

Thomas Overbury

Good deeds in this life are coals raked up in embers, to make a fire next day

Thomas Overbury

Wit is brushwood; judgment, timber; the one gives the greatest flame, the other yields the most durable heat; and both meeting make the best fire.

Thomas Overbury

Thomas Overbury

Thomas Overbury

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Born: 1581

Died: September 14, 1613 (aged 32)

Bio: Sir Thomas Overbury was an English poet and essayist, also known for being the victim of a murder which led to a scandalous trial.

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