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Date: 1704
"A master workman shall blow his nose so powerfully as to pierce the hearts of his people, who were disposed to receive the excrements of his brain with the same reverence as the issue of it."
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Date: 1713
"The Stoical Scheme of Supplying our Wants by lopping off our Desires, is like cutting off our Feet when we want Shoes."
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Date: 1727
"Old Men view best at a distance with the Eyes of their Understanding as well as with those of Nature."
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