English - Poet | 1606 - April 7, 1668
Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.
William Davenant
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Since knowledge is but sorrow's spy, It is not safe to know.
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Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off.
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