Institutions, essays and maxims, political, moral & divine divided into four centuries.

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Title
Institutions, essays and maxims, political, moral & divine divided into four centuries.
Author
Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.
Publication
London :: Printed for Sam. Briscoe ...,
1695.
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Maxims.
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"Institutions, essays and maxims, political, moral & divine divided into four centuries." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A56988.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.

Pages

MAX. 78.

It is good for States and Prin∣ces (if they use ambitious Men for their advantage) so to or∣der things, that they be still Progressive rather than Retro∣grade. When ambitious men find an open Passage, they are rather busie than dangerous; if well watch'd in their Procee∣dings, they will catch them∣selves in their own Snare, and prepare a Way for their own Destruction.

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