The worlds olio written by the Right Honorable, the Lady Margaret Newcastle.

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Title: The worlds olio written by the Right Honorable, the Lady Margaret Newcastle.
Author: Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.
Publication: London :: Printed for J. Martin and J. Allestrye ...,; 1655.
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We cannot alwaies love our selves.

WE cannot have the purity of Love to our selves, unless we were perfect; for where there are vain Opinions, and false Imaginations, unsound Understandings, and various Passi∣ons, which make us unconstant to our selves; for though we do not absolutely hate our selves, yet we grow weary of our selves, and dislike our selves for many things; so many times we seek to destroy our selves, by taking our Lives away, as those that mur∣ther themselves; yet the neerest perfection of Love is Self-love, because it is the Original of all other Passionss