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“If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.”
 
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Nationality:   English
 
Date of Birth:   May 8, 1592
 
Date of Death:   Sep 8,  1644
 
Profession:   Poet
 
 
 
 
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