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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.

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

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


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


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

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

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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.

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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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