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Anne Bradstreet Quotes

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"If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were loved by wife, then thee;
If ever wife was happy in a man,
Compare with me ye women if you can."

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"If for thy Father askt, say, thou hadst none;
And for thy Mother, she alas is poor,
Which caus'd her thus to send thee out of door."

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"What to my Saviour shall I give
Who freely hath done this for me?
I'll serve him here whilst I shall live
And Loue him to Eternity"

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"A Spring returns, and they more youthful made;
But Man grows old, lies down, remains where once he's laid."

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"Leave not thy nest, thy dam and sire,
Fly back and sing amidst this choir."

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"The principal might yield a greater sum,
Yet handled ill, amounts but to this crumb;"

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"Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending."

"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."

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