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 May 2, 2024.

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Page 83

MAX. 12.

Be not too slow in breaking of a sinful Custom: a quick Couragious Resolution is bet∣ter than a Gradual Deliberati∣on: In such a Combate, he is the bravest Soldier that lays a∣bout him without fear or wit. Wit Pleads, Fear disheartens; He that would kill Hydra, had better strike off one Neck than Five Heads: Fell the Tree, and the Branches are soon cut off.

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