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3 William Temple Quotes

William Temple writes grand, witty thoughts on books, life's restless child-like nature and surprising historic events.

William Temple quotes

  1. 'Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they have passed.

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  2. When all is done, human life is, at the greatest, and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.

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  3. No clap of thunder in a fair frosty day could astonish the world more than [England's] declaration of war against Holland in 1672.

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