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"The assembled souls of all that men held wise."
Gondibert. Book ii. Canto v. Stanza 37.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Since knowledge is but sorrow's spy, It is not safe to know."
The Just Italian. Act v. Sc. 1.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"For angling-rod he took a sturdy oake; For line, a cable that in storm ne'er broke; His hooke was such as heads the end of pole To pluck down house ere fire consumes it whole; The hook was baited with a dragon's tale,-- And then on rock he stood to bob for whale."
Britannia Triumphans. Page 15. 1637.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain